Colossal Childcare Costs Mean Parents Are Giving Up Their Careers
‘If my husband went back to work, we’d be making a huge loss every month’ says mum of toddler twins Alison Perry, whose bill would total £52k a year.
by Alison Perry |
5 hours ago
Last week, a tweet from Guardian journalist Alexandra Topping went viral. The reason? It resonated with such a huge number of angry parents. It read: “I know a pregnant primary school teacher who is giving up her job for a flexible admin role because her wages won t cover childcare costs of 2 children under-3. Why do we just accept that in this country? Seriously - we can revolt for football, but we just shrug at this bullshit?”
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