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i cant comment on other parts of the world, but here in australia the govenment is very confusing, they are encouraging the population to grow by handing out $3000 tax free money to every child born, once that money is gone they offer bugger all towards the everyday costs of living to the typical struggling family, i have 3 children 10, 7 and 4, my husband earns $32,000.00 a year and im a stay at home mum, i dont have much say in the matter because if i was working day care alone not to mention fuel would cost over the amount i would earn, yet a single parent (not to diss them) with 3 children gets 30,000 a year from the govenment, discounted medical, registration on cars, travel on public transport and pays only a fraction i would have to on child care! i have a friend who is a single mum who has 3 children the same as i do, she works fulltime and pays $55 for child care a week (compared to the $200 a week it would cost me), earns about $30,000 a year in wages and a further $15,000 from the govenment!!! how is this fair???????? ↓
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| Name: sally | Date: Sep 19th, 2005 4:58 PM |
| Im with you, how is this fair??? i am a single Mother of 2 and am getting the single parnting pension, i have no other choice at the moment as my daughter is only 3 weeks old, but i see your point. A friend of mine totally abuses the system she has 2 kids under 5 and puts them in day care 3 days a week and doesnt even work? it costs her $13.00 to do this!!! I realise i am the winner in this situation but it really makes me feel bad to think there are parents out there like you that are willing and wanting to go back to work yet cant afford to, sad is the day that people cant afford to work :( the government really needs to rethink this as they should be charging less for working parents than no working parents that just makes scence doesnt it??? ↑ |
| Name: 2good2Btrue | Date: Sep 19th, 2005 5:03 PM |
| The United States is right there with you....I inquired about "HeadStart"- is a federal program funded to "low income" households. If you qualify- your child can get free daycare- and it meets all the guidelines educationally. We are a family of 5 and my husband makes $43000 per year. They told me we have to make UNDER $18000 to qualify- however the worker did "off the record" state if I ever leave my husband to come back! There are alot of moms in this country struggling to get by and are penalized for having a hard working middle class husband. However, just when I get really down- I turn on the news and see all those people affected by the hurricane and my heart bleeds for them. I couldn't imagine those poor people. In fact, since I didn't have the funds to send- I organized a carwash with my son's pee wee football team and all the money raised went to the Red Cross. I just felt like I had to do something. So if any of you are really down- just think about what it would be like to loose everything- I mean even your own child...its enough to make you thankful that you are even able to chat online while your babies are sound asleep taking their naps! ↑ |
| Name: rachel | Date: Oct 14th, 2005 6:21 AM |
Yes Gina! I think it's unfair also! I only get family payment once a fortnight as my husband works! I know of a "single mum" driving around in new car paying off a house and lives with her boyfriend.Fact she has never worked a day in her life!
then there's my husbands maitenance for 2 boys he does not see.As they are rough and rude.The more he works the more his ex girlfriend gets! She too "single mum with live in boyfriend" ↑ |
| Name: zetillia dupuis | Date: Nov 17th, 2005 3:51 PM |
hi there my child did not get 2 set of mmr and i want to kno the risk of what will happen to him please let me kno asap
[email protected] ↑ |
| Name: georgie | Date: Dec 11th, 2005 1:40 PM |
| hi gina im a stay at home mum an i think that the money $3000 is also encouragin young girls to fall pregnant i have 3 kids 12,6,n now a 4 month old i was only 16 i had my first n it was the hardest thing i ever had to do,at times i didnt think i could cope and now they r just making it seem like its a walk in the park...well i can tell them from a lesson well learnt...they make it to hard to go back to work when it all just cost to bloody much..i once was a single mum and it was also very easy to have my children in day care and only have to pay$50 a week to send them every day ...when now i want to go to work so we can have two incomes as we just brought our first home ,but they make it to costly ....something needs to be done i totally agree ↑ |
| Name: sammie | Date: Dec 19th, 2005 1:50 PM |
| im 17 with a 6 months old baby and 3 weeks pregnant now ↑ |
| Name: lee | Date: Dec 29th, 2005 7:54 AM |
| im 25 with 4 children. All mums do it hard. Its not fair to say anyone is doing it easier. Everyone has there own problems. I believe that more money creates more problems. You feel guilty for having it and you feel guilty if you dont have enough. The more you have the more bills arrive on your doorstep! ↑ |
| Name: leesa | Date: Jan 8th, 2006 10:40 PM |
| Im from australia, my husband earns 50,000 a year. I still get a very small amount of family allowance each fortnight, so Im sure that you must be entitled to some also,were very lucky in this country that the government does help out single mums who seperate from there husbands because its not the kids faults ↑ |
| Name: melissa | Date: Jan 17th, 2006 10:00 AM |
| its not fair, but why can't your husband find a better paying job? ↑ |
| Name: Maxie | Date: Jan 21st, 2006 2:56 AM |
Just in fun understand Gina...but sounds like Aussie husband and wifes should all divorce and live together! Use parents as other addresses. What are they thinking! Heck, if they did so much in Canada, I would never have gotten married!!! Whats the insentive and benifet?
No its not fair...is there truly any government anywhere that is. They are just as nuts here. The election is comming up this week following and I gotta tell you. Not like the cast of Disney characters form one election to another changs any. Ya got your Mickey and Donald, Goofey and Pluto running for the biggest office on the block during any given election. Not one ever keeps a promise and always has some personal agenda awaiting on the back burner. Nothing but a guessing game.
I'm not knocking my country. I feel so blessed to have been born here...but by gum, the nuts who run it should be slapped or something at least twice daily. Though I fail to see how it would help The only good thing is we manage to stay out of wars...so far at least during my life. Of course I think we have five subs. Ok yup, maybe a couple more, not sure what for...hummmmmm. What could ya do with those...?
What a hoot. Just my point of view, no one has to agree. ↑ |
| Name: Irene | Date: Jan 26th, 2006 12:26 PM |
| Its not fair!, i know and i can feel exactly where your coming from, i also have 3 kids, im a stay at home mum& husband is also earning same as your husband& everyone is like, well you should put your little one in day care & get a job, but daycare would just take 3quarters of it, so basically wed be working for around $20 day, i do not understand the way the system works, with woman popping kids out& earning now $6000 per child& the more they have the more money they make, through centerlink, cheaper day care etc, this system sux& im pissed off! ↑ |
| Name: Mrs Ewards | Date: Feb 8th, 2006 3:23 PM |
| I fear for my son... he is seven years old and enjoys watching TV. I dont mind in fact sometimes it brigns us closer when we are watching programmes we both enjoy like Countdown or Deal or no Deal after school. But i now feel that the programmes he watches are causeing his to act in a violent behaviour towards the animals and his brother, last week after watching an old powerranger video he then went and kicked my youngest son which resulted in tears. Dose this mean that my son as been born evil or is it due to the influences of the media. PLEASE HELP ME !!! ↑ |
| Name: Julie | Date: Feb 10th, 2006 11:37 AM |
| Name: sally | Date: Feb 12th, 2006 2:43 AM |
| Jealousy is a curse, grow up! ↑ |
| Name: Hannah | Date: Feb 13th, 2006 1:02 AM |
Hi Gina,
I think that you are missing out and should have a chat wth Centrelink. With only one parent working and with an income of 32k you should recieve at least (I think!) about $165 per fortnight in Family tax A and B benefits and you also qualify for one third of you daycare payments based on $2.33 per hour. Which whilst only amounting to 6k or so it better than a poke in the eye, especially if you claim it in a lump sum with your tax return. You would also quailify for rent assistance if you do not own your own home. ↑ |
| Name: tweedle | Date: Jan 1st, 2007 4:10 PM |
| Name: Jodi Love | Date: Jul 12th, 2007 12:47 AM |
| I hear what you are saying. Last September a friend who has a 3 year old boy and is a single mother, who is getting the minum amount of child support. We worked out her earnings as a full time manager with the cost of living and child care to being a stay at home mother and the finding was amazing. She was only $20 better of working then staying at home. I really don't understand this. Then our goverment is trying to push more mothers back to work sooner and for what! $20!!!!! That wouldn't even cover a new pair of shoes to were to Child care. ↑ |
| Name: irish Amy | Date: Aug 1st, 2007 2:14 PM |
| its just as ridiculous in ireland, new thing brought out last year that you are entitled to 1000 euro per year per child divided into 4 payments through out the year for children UNDER 6, now as we all know our 6 year olds and over dont actually need child care cos they can make their own way home from school and cook their own dinner and just look after themselves!!!! actually we are thinking of moving to australia, any ideas?? ↑ |
| Name: Emma | Date: Aug 1st, 2007 2:35 PM |
this post is ssssooooo old!
Irish amy, do u really believe that a 6 year old is capeable to walk home on there own and make theres selfs dinner?? ↑ |
| Name: Emma | Date: Aug 1st, 2007 2:46 PM |
| or was u bein sarcastic? ↑ |
| Name: irish Amy | Date: Aug 1st, 2007 4:59 PM |
| emma 6 year olds are more than capable, dont you yhink? ↑ |
| Name: irish Amy | Date: Aug 1st, 2007 7:39 PM |
| just kidding emma, i was being sarcastic ↑ |
| Name: irish Amy | Date: Aug 2nd, 2007 2:01 AM |
| we are thinking of migrating to australia, we have 2 kids 1 of whom has autism, im very interested in the education system and resources over there, can anyone give me any info on either please as this would be the deciding factor on wether we actually move or not ↑ |
| Name: Dani | Date: Apr 2nd, 2008 10:32 PM |
| I've just come across this new site www.HelloMums.com which just opened today and it looks like its going to be great. Its got a hello kitty theme to it and looks really sweet. ↑ |
| Name: Dani | Date: Apr 2nd, 2008 10:33 PM |
I've just come across this new site
www.HelloMummys.com
which just opened today and it looks like its going to be great. Its got a hello kitty theme to it and looks really sweet. ↑ |
| Name: grace33 | Date: Sep 1st, 2009 10:54 PM |
| I am a mum of four kids, with a fifth on the way, and have deceided its easier for me too be a stay at home mum, then work. As i would have too earn around at least 600 dollars a week just too pay for rent and childcrae alone. And even then i would not have enough money left for food or bills. I have tried looking for work, but as the economy isnt great at the momement, and there are only partime jobs, and i dont have the experience tey want, it makes it very hard too maitain your confidence or selfesteem. It also hurts when people think you are just having babies for the money. Which in some cases is not true, but sinlge mums or mums that stay home are all put in the same basket.. which is not fair. ↑ |
| Name: ericka_taylor | Date: Jan 25th, 2010 1:20 AM |
| does anyone know where i can get a loan from for more than 500 dollars i am a single mum ↑ |
| Name: sazyzutu | Date: Apr 12th, 2011 5:17 AM |
| So where is the chat here? Is anyone there? ↑ |
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