Amy Gould : EarnWithAmy
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Monday 16 March 2026 15:37:07 GMT
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JC85555 :
just ask yourself can I afford to have a child. if the answer is no. don't have one. simple.
2026-03-16 22:41:47
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emiliajones2000 :
It’s not down to everybody else to pay for your kids.
2026-03-19 22:20:40
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JemimaSplashy :
The system provides a contribution to the cost of raising children. Do you think the state should cover everything?
2026-03-16 20:09:29
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Paul Hamer :
It’s your decision to have kids.
2026-03-17 17:21:02
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lobster :
I don’t know one person that has taken 12 months maternity leave.
2026-03-17 06:52:59
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louise :
Should be lucky you get some free child care, isn’t really up to government to pay for it. Wasn’t in when my kids were younger, it came out of my wage.
2026-03-18 08:00:17
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Jennifer F :
Childcare costs, limited leave and stagnant wages mean people are genuinely struggling to afford children, and that’s exactly why birth rates are falling — not because people are irresponsible, but because they’re thinking ahead. The “if you can’t afford them, don’t have them” line ignores the reality that the economic model families used to rely on no longer exists, while society still depends on the next generation to keep everything running. In short: people are making rational choices in an irrational system, and the consequences are now showing up in the numbers.
2026-03-17 18:56:18
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Si :
Life choices are yours to make.
2026-03-17 07:38:58
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Dondraw :
And yet I’ve seen comments that I’m wasting my life by working and not having kids. It’s a no win situation as you are dammed if you have em but are dammed by others if you don’t
2026-03-17 17:47:50
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Linda :
The price of childcare is astronomical, I don’t know how anyone affords to have children anymore 😳
2026-03-17 08:03:04
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mmmmeg95 📚 :
Consider yourself lucky if you get 9 months paid, I would only get stat! Hence why we’re not having kids, simply could not survive on 1 persons salary
2026-03-17 00:14:45
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jade barrow :
I drop my son to breackfast club 7.40 head to work for 9 then finish at 4.15 my husband works nights so he does the pick ups if needed we use after school club i get home just gone 5 and he leaves for work. For school holidays we use separate holidays as well as using clubs. Just have to try make it work.
2026-03-18 19:05:05
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benjamstephen :
however, we are also very lucky to live somewhere that offers maternity and paternity leave. dont forget that
2026-03-17 23:45:15
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Bryan Wilson :
what's your point.
2026-03-17 13:50:33
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JC82 :
Having children isn’t just a life choice it’s a financial choice as well. People need to plan that aspect into having children.
2026-03-19 17:01:55
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KT :
everyone does not work 9-5 Monday to friday.the way my family got around child care is I work 6am -2pm and my husband works 6pm-2am no child care needed
2026-03-17 11:14:21
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ailsamc :
people missing the point the government expects you to work but there is no provisions for childcare during school holidays especially hard when you have little family or family members are also working
2026-03-22 14:25:55
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AS :
Best plan don’t have any🤔
2026-03-19 20:16:03
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Sally glover :
Maternity leave isn’t 12m it’s what you can afford
2026-03-16 21:01:23
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Sarah Taylor :
28 years ago when I had my first - 6 weeks paid maternity leave no tax credits or any help with childcare. I get it’s hard and expensive at times but what would it be like without the funding and paid maternity leave? I couldn’t afford childcare for my children so became a childminder instead. Now I’m on the other side of it with the government in paying us for certain age groups and dictating our businesses to us. X
2026-03-17 14:11:58
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Brody The Labrador :
I can only afford 6 months maternity if I have kids 🥺
2026-03-16 17:04:03
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ADS :
Born 1970 . Maternity pay wasn’t a thing and started nursery at 12 weeks xx
2026-03-17 19:03:50
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Champagne Cider Wealth :
the funded for term time only but you're not allowed to only have them attend for term time only is CRIMINAL
2026-06-10 14:40:15
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Roxana :
imagine having no family to help u when the child is in school holiday. then what ? what will happen ?
2026-03-20 09:08:24
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ArchieWill :
And
2026-03-17 21:59:09
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