I’m a stay at home father (by choice) with two wonderful little girls in elementary school. If i were to find a job and leave my children’s after school care to a person that’s unlicensed, I might be able to get them in for a about a thousand a month. If I go to a licensed place, figure 2k per.. which is considerably more than I would be making if I was working in Obama’s recovery. I figure my monthly expenses for a job in my profession would be about $600 commuting, $2,000 childcare and another $300 monthly for expenses. So easily $3k(+-) per just to walk out the door not to mention a wardrobe overhaul of about $4,000. I would have to bring home $36k/yr which equals a salary of close to $60K/yr when you take taxes into account.
We will just have to wait until we have real economic leadership so I can get back out there and produce again.
I run Camp Grandpa during the summer with golf, fishing, swimming, arcades, bicycling, cooking and running errands.
During the school year, I run Grandpa's Infirmary as well as taxi service.
My daughter and SIL both thank me repeatedly, as my doing this allows them to both work and provide private school for my grandsons.
My wife and I shared those same duties when our kids were growing up, as we ran our own business and could cover for each other. Silly us, we should have noticed the roads and bridges nearby and realized we really did not need to work such long hours to make ends meet.
Oh, well. Gonna miss those little dudes when they get too grown-up to be with me.
Like lawn work, snow shoveling, housekeeping....the government just had to stick their nose into babysitting...and get a piece of the action and set up their own little babysitting service....called Head-Start....meals included.
Where do you live? That is outrageous.