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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain to me what politicians (both D & R) mean when they say talk about affordable childcare?  Are they talking about subsidizing, or regulating prices?  I feel like it's a bait issue that is tossed around but with no real way to accomplish or solve.  Please be nice- it's an honest question. [/quote]

It means that those of us who didn't have children until we could afford them will end up paying for irresponsible people having unprotected sex.  If you cannot afford child care, you cannot afford to have a child.[/quote]

Except having a child  today is unaffordable for many single parents and many two parent working families. I have nothing against 50 year olds having designer babies, but 24 year olds who are responsible and hardworking should be able to as well, without paying their entire income to quality childcare. There are parallels here to rising college tuition. 
--a Republican for whom the best part of the convention was Ivanka Trump speaking to this
--a Republican who scrabbled for childcare when I was 24; looking out for the next gen. Yes, Republicans have hearts[/quote]

and then people bitch at those who wait until they are late 30s/early 40s and need ART

We can't have it both ways, society.[/quote]

Not everyone earns a lot of money. I am working class and just could not make enough to justify the cost of childcare. It is cheaper for me to stay home. [/quote]

But is it better for society that you stay home? Probably not. We're 30 and having our first child because we could just afford it now. We really wished we could have had the baby 5 years ago when we were first married. Luckily we can afford daycare, but I know that most of my peers cannot afford 2k a month in daycare and would still make excellent parents. I think the people who say that you should wait to have children mean that you should wait until out of college/trade school and then married.

The daycare gap is creating a truly unaffordable situation between the haves and the have nots. So many women want to work but aren't able to because their salaries wouldn't pay for daycare, especially once they have two children. [/quote]

Not everyone follows a tidy life trajectory. I put myself through school and graduated, finally, at thirty, and now have a toddler. Because my husband is a professional, I'll be able to start a career, but if he weren't? I'm not sure. In any case, I think it's a dangerous precedent to declare that only the educated and white collar are eligible to have children. [/quote]

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