When it’s cheaper for parents to stay home than pay for child care. The cost of child care has grown so high that some parents find it more affordable to stay home with their kids than pay for a babysitter or daycare. Photo by Carey Kirkella/Taxi/Getty Images. First it was pink eye. Then an ear infection.
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That’s proving an extraordinarily difficult balance to strike as the cost of child care climbs. Average weekly child care expenses for working moms with kids under 15 have shot up 70 percent between 1985 and 2011, according to the Census Bureau.
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Parents cannot afford to wait for schools to tell them how children are doing. Families who stay informed about their children's progress at school have higher-achieving children. To keep informed, parents can visit the school or talk with teachers on the telephone. Get to know the names of your children's teachers, principals, and counselors.
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Most families currently have three options for securing child care. First, parents can stay at home and care for their children themselves. But this is increasingly difficult, as most families now rely on two breadwinners to stay above water.
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So, find just three hours over the course of nine months to volunteer in your child's classroom, and you'll be helping set him up for success not just now, but in the future as well. Get 8 ideas for how you can get involved in the classrooms of younger and older children.
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It's important to keep in mind that stress at work can find its way home. When parents feel overworked or unappreciated at their job, they may vent their frustration and anger at their children or at each other. And the way parents are supervised at work frequently becomes how they supervise their children at home.
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/work-play/Pages/How-do-the-Kids-Fare-When-Both-Parents-Work.aspx
When both parents work, some children feel neglected. No matter how hectic your life becomes, you need to set aside time each day for your youngsters. Let them know just how important they are to you, not only through words or gifts but through a commitment of time.
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Moreover, mothers are more likely than fathers to take time away from paid work to care for a child, which can exacerbate mothers’ lifetime earnings gap. Second, parents can pay for child care out of pocket. But this approach is very costly for families, eating up 35.9 percent of a low-income family’s monthly budget.
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Teachers are eager to have extra eyes, ears and hands in the classroom to keep things running smoothly, she says. She shares some simple ideas for how parents can get involved at both the early and later stages of their children's academic careers. Younger Children.
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The majority of parents now work, regardless of the age of their children. Parents are workers and workers are parents, both out of necessity and preference: 70.5 percent of mothers are in the labor force, including 64.8 percent of mothers with a child under the age of 6.
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how working parents can stay involved when they have toddlers
Working parents can stay involved when they have toddlers by setting aside time each day for them and let them know just how important they are to you, not only through words or gifts but through a commitment of time.