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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The cost of child care should be fully tax deductible and should similarly deduct from income for government assistance programs. Why does this country hate working parents so much (and let's face it-- mostly working mothers)?[/quote]

+100, as a society we just totally abandon families during critical early years (before school starts). So then every family has to figure it out in their own, and so many wind up giving up an income because of the cost of childcare. For middle class families it's not a lifestyle choice. It's literally the only option available.

For those earning more, it's more of a lifestyle choice, but still a hard one. For instance, when we were looking for childcare, we got stuck on what we could afford. It wasn't good. We were priced out of the higher quality centers and stuck looking at home daycares of varying quality (and of course due to childcare shortages in our area, we couldn't get spots at even the best of these). So yes it was a choice for me to stay home, but it wasn't out if some passion for homemaking on my part or an adherence to traditional gender roles. It's because we wanted high quality childcare for our kid and it was clear I could provide that more economically by staying home than any daycare center we looked at.[/quote]

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