Il costo di allevare i bambini spara per esercitare un’enorme pressione sulle famiglie
https://www.independent.ie/business/money/cost-of-raising-children-shoots-up-putting-huge-pressure-on-families/a64010708.html
di Banania2020
Il costo di allevare i bambini spara per esercitare un’enorme pressione sulle famiglie
https://www.independent.ie/business/money/cost-of-raising-children-shoots-up-putting-huge-pressure-on-families/a64010708.html
di Banania2020
22 commenti
Yay
Has to be said that both nappies and formula are largely discretional spend.
Reusable alternatives to disposable nappies exist and they are good, though you do get the occasional leak. Formula is largely chosen as an option by parents (yes some children can’t breastfeed and need it medically but they are the minority).
So on these two line items, parents could make a more sustainable choice but they don’t.
What are the future news articles gonna look like? This isn’t something groundbreaking. Any idiot can see it. And nothing is changing by writing articles and talking about it.
Every articles is gonna be something we already know. An empty, pointless article about a world that doesn’t function the way it should.
How long are we going to talk about it? Empty discussions, just like this comment.
This is over egged, in my experience. It counts the costs, but not the savings (way fewer drinks, dinners etc). It also doesn’t include the money you get from the State (1.6k).
Activities are a major cost of having children that seems to be missing from that survey 🤔 Swimming, sport, camps etc are one of the highest outgoings in our house, much more than pocket money
The cost of everything shoots up and puts huge pressure on nearly everyone.
Guys, stop having kids. Thanks 👍
Dividends are rising . Proletariat is falling !
I can see a correlation between cost of everything going up and people going on less holidays because of it but is the article really selling it as somewhere where people can save?
It’s barbaric that companies selling essentials for babies can rake in massive profits while families struggle. Seeing security tags on formula is so dystopian to me, if someone is desperate enough to need to steal formula to feed their child, I wouldn’t bat an eye at them walking out with it tbh.
Social media has also put massive pressure on parents to create magical experiences or just spend more on their children (Easter baskets, big Christmas presents and big parties etc), with pressure coming from other parents and the expectations their children may have from seeing these over the top gifts and experiences online.
I’m due my first baby next month and making the commitment to not adhere to these new ‘traditions’ of baskets for every occasion, and keeping the parties and occasions simple, but that is a very conscious choice I’ve made myself after doing the reading and watching of how toxic social media is for parents. Not everyone has the luxury or privilege to be able to do that, and a lot of parents feel pressure to make childhood magical to compensate for having to place them in full time childcare in order to work.
Childcare costs seem to be the biggest expense, and something needs to be done at government level to address it.
I know some people have kids by accident.
But I chose not to have kids because they are expensive and I can’t afford them.
Like I chose not to get a fancy fast car, because I can’t afford it.
People know this before they decide to have kids??
Everything is crazy expensive right now. I’ve a well paying job and I’m struggling each month I couldn’t imagine how someone on minimum wage is living.
Don’t be worrying. Our government will start work any day now and tackle these issues.
Any day now……..
So the cost of raising a child is up by 39% in ten years.
You know what else is up by 39% in ten years? Average earnings.
This is basically, “Survey finds that childcare costs have risen in line with inflation”.
Clickbait shite.
We have two kids below teen age and while I agree that It costs a few hundred a month to sustain them, ghr is no way that a kid costs 15k a year 😂😂 Complete
bullshit.
I’m really feeling the pinch as a single mother with two teenage sons. The cost of activities isn’t cheap but it’s handy that it’s usually a once a year payment. It’s the weekly costs that gets me. I’ve a decent job and I’m feeling it.
This comments section will fill with people telling parents “kids are expensive, you knew the deal, your fucking problem you fucking idiot”.
As a parent of young children… yes, you’re right. But jesus suffering fuck some things cost way more or have gone up in price way more than you’d have possibly accounted for.
15k a year? Oh if only I could get away with that number.
Natural outcome when you’ve such a skewed voting demographic. Solution (which will never happen) is to have everyone have a vote and parents cast votes on behalf of their kids until they are 18. Then all citizens would have equal weighting. Right now a 70 year old has more of a say than a 15 year old with the 15 year old’s parents needing to represent their own and their children’s wishes.
If you did the above you better believe we’d have more/cheaper childcare options etc and the cost would come from the wealthiest demographic in the country (i.e. over 60s)
Everything is increasing except for wages. Companies are reporting record breaking profits. Almost as if these companies are hoarding all the wealth and the neoliberal economic system isn’t working….
Childcare and mortgage are the two main cost and aren’t included here, lol. Everything else is a rounding error.
It’s ok though FFG promised €250 cap on creche fees so I’m sure that will kick in any day now