So it’s been three months since my last post🙈🙈
And just when you think life is going fine, it hits you with a curveball…
How can you save money, still pay your bills and survive when your basically on your own?
And when I say on my own, I mean I’m restricted in what I can do because of childcare and the governments lack of knowledge, understanding and empathy towards working class people or single parent families.
I mean come on how is it realistic to force a parent back into work, then because of how much hours they work, they decide that you get little – no help at all.
Then you have to factor in childcare. Now, if you decide to go private like I have (so I can work) then your spending nearly £600-£800 a month to have your child in nursery full time. If you decide that is too much and you place them in a school nursery, then depending on how old your child is you can get 15 hours free or 30 hours free spread across the week. 15 hours spread across a week is 3 hours a day, so you know 30 hours is 6 hours a day.
Now whilst your contemplating which childcare route to take you have to take into consideration the hours you work, and will you be able to work around your childcare or can your childcare work around you…
If you work full time that’s 30+ hours a week you get little- no help towards childcare cost unless your place of work helps towards it. Meaning for the remaining 25 hours or less you now have to find childcare. Which works out to be just has expensive as private nursery, if you have no one to look after your child/ren.
Now factor in the rest of your bills!!!
How on earth are you expected to save money?