We could if we wanted to change several of our economic policies to favour lower housing costs lower costs of child rearing.So should we all be able to drop sprogs and expect someone else to pay for them?
The reality is that the state will always be the funder of last resort for kids, as it is for banks. Free contraception is a great idea to mitigate against this.So should we all be able to drop sprogs and expect someone else to pay for them?
Not much use for single parents.We could if we wanted to change several of our economic policies to favour lower housing costs lower costs of child rearing.
For example the individualisation of tax credits introduced by Charlie McCreevy could be reversed.
I am not advocating that, just pointing out that it would go some way to restructure the economy in favour of child rearing.
I agree. I don't think it should be the funder of first resort., as Finn suggests.The reality is that the state will always be the funder of last resort for kids, as it is for banks. Free contraception is a great idea to mitigate against this.
Thankfully things have changed since then and, for the most part, women aren't second class citizens anymore.Some of my colleagues refused to contribute after they learned that the organisation was supplying a few grand to aid contraception (condoms) in Africa.
There ain't no such freebie!!! nor free husbands either.What next... free wives ?
There's no such thing as a freeThere ain't no such freebie!!! nor free husbands either.
Free at the start but there are lots of 'in App' purchases. Those are the ones that kill ye!What next... free wives ?
The reality is that the world, to a certain degree, has changed. Child minding wasn't an issue 40 years ago, as the mother mostly stayed at home and looked after the kids. Now, women have careers outside of the home but the social structures required to facilitate that have not kept up with that change. You also had few, if any, single parent families back then as divorce was not an option and unmarried mothers, well, we all know what happened them.It was announced in the Budget that free contraception will be made available for women between 17 and 25.
Good news, I think. It would be better if it was available for women of every age but there is a quite bizarre article in today's Irish Times by Finn McRedmond saying that "It ought not be thought radical to suggest that women will continue to lack reproductive freedom so long as the cost of childcare precludes anyone from starting a family on account of their financial circumstances." It's a remarkable statement and a remarkable argument, that the State should provide the resourced to anyone and everyone who wants to have children or else those people aren't really 'free'.
It seems that in a liberal society nobody should have to take financial responsibility for the children they have. Speaking as a liberal I find that sort of thinking just bonkers and grist to the mill of conservatives who say that liberals are crazy because in this case they are right; this is a crazy idea. Stupid. Daft. Nuts. Finn should have been laughed out of the editors office and told that the Irish Times isn't some First Year college newsletter.
Yes, but that's a choice they make, not aa societal construct or an imbalance in the law.Or we tell which ever one of the parents earns the least to stay at home and mind the kids. And that, quite possibly, will be the woman based on the gender pay gap
True, but is it a choice they should have to make or should society make it easier.?Yes, but that's a choice they make, not aa societal construct or an imbalance in the law.
One or the other parent usually needs to make it and in most cases the mother chooses to take on that role.True, but is it a choice they should have to make or should society make it easier.?
Agreed, and that is what happened in my own family but is it right? Look at other countries such as Sweden where there is a better state funded child care and paternity leave system. What we have in Ireland is a dated, half way house, that doesn't workOne or the other parent usually needs to make it and in most cases the mother chooses to take on that role.
we will run out of people to earn, pay taxes and keep the lights on
Are 9 countries just about to join the EU?And in turn, if things settle down with this Covid virus, we can duly expect a second wave of immigration on par with the early 2000's.
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