Companies that actually make it a policy to support parents - not just daycare up to school age, not just parental leave, not just backup daycare - will survive & thrive. The rest...good riddance.
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Is this a cost of childcare problem? Our child goes to nursery close to our home, and when he starts school there's pre & post school clubs. I couldn't imagine commuting with him. Most important for us was flexible work hours so we could maximise time with him.
It's a societal approach issue. It doesn't matter about personal circumstances - if workers require childcare support to maintain sensible working hours the cost to provision it really isn't huge. Can be funded via the business or reimbursed by the state - e.g. corp tax breaks.
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I may have got the wrong end of the stick, but I thought employer onsite nurseries/after school were being suggested, which seems impractical for parents and companies. Affordable childcare needed. And culture within the company...
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... flexible hours, working from home, not expecting parents to make special arrangements unnecessarily (e.g. travel to a 9am meeting that could easily have been an 11am meeting that wouldn't interfere with routine).
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