Does anybody recall the furor when one of the Government Child Care centers started enforcing fines for late pick up of kids ??x9200 wrote:Longer maternity or paternity leaves don't solve the problems of delivering and picking up children form school or kindergarten during working hours and this is the main problem in Singapore (IMHO) that requires that extra help.
What about grandparents? When I was young and my parents could not afford a nanny (just like 99% of people in europe) it would be up to the grandparents to take me to/back from school? What's wrong with that? Why can\t this work here?x9200 wrote:Longer maternity or paternity leaves don't solve the problems of delivering and picking up children form school or kindergarten during working hours and this is the main problem in Singapore (IMHO) that requires that extra help.
Good question. I see some local grandparents taking care of the children but I have the impression there is a large disproportion to what I know from Europe too. Not sure is this the l.in-maid thing or something more cultural.marc.favroo wrote:What about grandparents? When I was young and my parents could not afford a nanny (just like 99% of people in europe) it would be up to the grandparents to take me to/back from school? What's wrong with that? Why can\t this work here?x9200 wrote:Longer maternity or paternity leaves don't solve the problems of delivering and picking up children form school or kindergarten during working hours and this is the main problem in Singapore (IMHO) that requires that extra help.
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Yes, it is.sundaymorningstaple wrote: Like it, learn to deal with it, or leave it. The choice is ours, but it still rankles.
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