[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by onlyme

Think about it, we all laugh or comment on families of poles or whoever livving in a small house to cut down outgoings, or shring the responsibilities. You have a strong family netwrok, it enables the individuals to work for less money as the outgoings are split, work unsocial hours etc etc etc.

In a lot of cases the extended family (grandparents and such like) are not on hand to be able to look after the children. But supposing a lone parent gets a job and can't afford to pay for childcare what are they supposed to do with their child(ren)?