[OldFriend]

An article in our Sunday paper discussing the unfavorable consequences of day care for young children.

Admitting that it is a terrible idea to put your children into day care.

That the tax code ought to be revised so that a parent can remain at home to provide care for their own child.

Lamenting the fact that official day care can be deducted from your income tax but there is no break for the parent that remains at home OUT of the workforce.

[WestPacSailor]

...official day care can be deducted from your income tax but there is no break for the parent that remains at home OUT of the workforce.

Does this mean I can cut my wife a check every payday for "child care services" and then deduct this from my taxes? She works harder than I do, but since she "just stays at home" we get not tax credit for this.

[Ciexyz]

I disagree that we should alter the tax code to provide even more breaks to families. After all, who's paying for these tax breaks -- those of us slaving away in the work force.

Maybe these Moms and Dads should stay at home and raise their kids out of the goodness of their hearts, and not because of tax breaks?