Reply #1: thats why i drive an hour or more to babysit my grandson [View All]

[Mari333]

2 days a week. both my son and his wife have jobs to get by, and to hold on they need a little help. its a win win. i love the little guy and enjoy being goofy with him, and he adores his gwamma.
whats ridiculous is that there is no day care available in any workplaces.
back when the US got involved in WW2, the women were asked to go into the factories to help with the war effort when the men were sent to war. The US govt created immediate daycare for these women at the factories.
There should be cheap, affordable daycare for everyone, (in my dreams), or jobs that pay enough for people to allow one parent to be home more.
extended families used to help each other a lot more, but its a more transitory nation as people move over and over to better jobs and families are farther away from each other.
slash the defense dept budget by one third and set up daycare centers for a long time. i would rather my tax dollars go to good daycare centers then to illegal wars.