The Pros And Cons Of Childcare

Today’s young families are working harder and longer due to their dire need of affordable and accessible daycare. The extensive amounts of immigrants, young and Aboriginal families are in need of childcare in order to enable the parents to get appropriate education/training to approach good jobs. Approximately 70% of mothers with children fewer that age five are working, yet Canada lacks a national childcare system. This prevents the parents from working with a suffering years-long waiting list and splitting the family's budget. Three-quarters of families cannot afford licensed daycare, as it is the second highest expense after housing and the cost of it being from $40 to $60 a day. In big cities such as Toronto, the prices
are $70 or above with over 22 000 eligible families being on the subsidy waiting list and many of those families will never reach the top of the list. Childcare grants are hard to come or be designed so that even low-income parents have to cover the cost out of their very own pockets. Furthermore, there are only enough spaces for about 19% of children of ages 0 to 12 and it is much tougher to locate areas for infants, toddlers, children with disabilities, Aboriginal and rural children. In several daycares, there are problems such as unsafe daycare environments and inadequate caring centres, which obligates parents to sacrifice their careers and salaries, in turn, to take care of their kids. With developing the childcare system parents can better balance work and family and be confident that their children are safe and happy.