Child care and womans

[Fiction]

Hey, (sorry for my bad english)

We the Dutch people have a new goverment (not yet just only a coalition agreement) and the Child Care will be more expensive for parents.
I hear now form critisms 'Womans wouldn't work anymore' and 'I think that mothers don't want to work anymore'
But why the mothers? You don't hear anything about the dads. What is the problem? We always think that the mother is the most important person in the life for a baby/child however, she made the child with him and he have to take care 2 about the child.

Why? Growing up is not only a responsibility for the mother.

What do you think?

[Ele'ill]

I don't quite understand what the issue is that you're describing.


In the United States- there is a problem with 'childcare' laws (I'm using 'childcare' generically here) being one-sided to benefit women. Since women have been historically discriminated against it makes sense up until the point where women abuse the laws- and rake in support that they simply do not need- leaving the father struggling to get by. This is one example- and only relates to child support.



I've dealt with men who are of the working homeless- so that they can afford to pay the astronomically high monthly support- while the mothers are single and not working and some of whom come from a very wealthy background and have monetary support from family.

We end up with a situation where one person is living beyond their means while another person is living at or below the poverty line- this is a problem that has direct and indirect negative consequences for the child.


Disclaimer- this is obviously not an anti-womens stance that I'm taking- In fact I believe it is the opposite- it is a pro-human stance that seeks equality. Surely the childcare laws are in place for a reason- I have no doubt of this and am not questioning this within the scope of this conversation-