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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish there were more well paid part time positions. [/quote]

+1, there are so many women I know who would happily halve their income to work part-time for the first few years of their child's life while still maintaining their career. And if there were more viable part-time positions, you'd also see more viable part-time childcare options -- even if you can work out a part-time position (I did), finding reliable part-time care can be very hard until your child is in school. The average length of our childcare arrangements when my child was 1-4 years old was about 4 months, because nannies who want long term positions want/need to be full time (totally understandable) and daycares prefer full time students as well because it is administratively easier and cheaper for them. I think the best solutions are either family (not an option for us), both partners part-time (also not an option for us, nor for most people, because there aren't enough part time jobs with benefits to do this), or an au pair who is in school (we didn't have the room).

But if more people were able to work part-time, I think there would be more options like half-day daycare or preschool and more nanny services that could locate/provide part-time nannies. Right now these options don't really exist, especially in markets where childcare is already expensive and hard to find.

We'll also probably never have many part-time options unless the US moves to single payer healthcare or an independent market for healthcare. As long as healthcare benefits are linked to employment, it does not benefit employers to offer part time work because so much of their costs of employment are in benefits/overhead.[/quote]

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