Spent 10 years at home with my children. Would not change a thing. My children my responsibility.
kyliedrost
As a stay at home mom, I received condescending remarks from retail employees, fast food workers, and coworkers of my husband. Ridiculous.
mp
It seems to be a deliberate disruption of a healthy and secure childhood. As soon as I had children of my own I realised how so much is stacked against mothers who want to raise happy and secure children. I'm now caring for my granddaughter part of the time as a commitment to generational healing. Such a confident, secure and happy child.
dorasneddon
Well said madam.
I'm an early years provider of 44 years standing. I stayed at home with my children. You are spot on.
carolparry
Unbelievable that a completely natural instinct to care for one's own children should be a radical notion.
middleearth
Best times of my life, most fulfilling and content were the few years I got to be a stay at home mom! Now that my children are grown and gone those are the memories my mind always goes back to! Precious!
melissascheller
As a stay at home mother, I truly agree with this. Family’s where one parent stays home to care for children are definitely penalised through tax. Society also looks down on stay at home mothers in my opinion and experience.
ShakirahIbaad
Couldn't survive if I didn't work. I would absolutely LOVE to stay at home and it breaks my heart that I can't. Something needs to change
nikishort
Raising my children without childcare was the greatest privilege of my life. We were poor but we had love. 15 happy years.
LisaParker-rr
March them back into work to pay more tax. Make any other choices exorbitantly expensive. Dress it up as kindness. That's their approach.
It would take actual bravery and leadership to do anything else.
Adam-rcwk
I stayed home with my children until they were teenagers. I now left my job to stay at home to care for my granddaughter and grandnephew. I agree it is so important to have a parent or family member care for children.
sharonwebb
New flash. Politicians are not there to do good things. They are there to serve themselves
backwoodsbaby
Can't say enough about how spot on this point is!
cristinabaird-ctey
I loved being at home looking after my own children & watching them grow up. I would not want to have missed that time. It's a very precious time & special time.
susanhonegger
Married to someone in the armed forces, who was on frequent temporary attachments (10 moves in 9 years, frequently abroad) I had little choice but to look after the children, often with their father absent for weeks on end. I enjoyed being the one raising the children, and doubt under my husband’s care they would have fared nearly so well. Civvy Street and a career once they were older was a doddle in comparison. We now have well adjusted adult children, loving parents themselves.
catherinerobilliard
it’s so heartbreaking seeing women i know go back to work whilst their babies are still tiny. both parents deserve time off work, but especially mothers.. children shouldn’t be sent off 5 days a week before they can learn how to read properly.
ieetrgun
I am a full time working single Mum. I remember hearing a woman on radio 4 saying that despite being married she should be paid for looking after her children. In that case how about I am paid twice? because I do all of it including paying my own childcare I am taxed brutally too. I wish I had the ability to stay at home as look after my child but I don’t that’s it. So well then the argument is that I should have chosen better. My ambition should have been to be a good wife. So it goes on.
nelliedean
I loved being at home looking after my children, i was a childminder and my children florished, my daughter has her own business, a son doing a 3rd year in university and my youngest still at home who loves working hard, ive been on my own for 7 years co- parenting with their father...its been so difficult at times but im so happy that my children are happy and stable ❤
vanessawellburn
They want to program your children they have uses for them and cant have parents messing up the programing with the wrong information
henryjames
We had numerous nannies and day care. I was an HR director for a company with four locations and It cost less money for me to quit and stay home. My whole family have never been happier. I'm so grateful we were able to do this❤
