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Do your parents help with childcare costs?

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Chipstick · 08/02/2007 20:25

I can't believe how many of my friends get help from their parents with childcare fees. Most have a standing order set up going direct to their accounts, anything from £100 upwards.

I'm beginning to feel slightly hard done by! My parents wouldn't give me a tenner let alone a regular agreement.

I'm intrigued whether I just have very lucky friends or if many families help each other?

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hana · 08/02/2007 20:29

nope
but they help in lots of other ways - they buy a lot of their clothes, great things for their birthdays/christmas and help us out with our airfare when we visit

but not directly with childcare.

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PanicPants · 08/02/2007 20:31

umm... no.

But they do ocassionally have ds if he's too poorly for cm.

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IdrisTheDragon · 08/02/2007 20:32

My parents don't contribute to DS and DDs childcrae fees. But I wouldn't expect them to either.

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Hulababy · 08/02/2007 20:39

Our PILs helped in that they had DD once a week whilst I was working; she went to nursery the other 2 days. This was their choice to have her though.

PILs also have DD at least once a week in the school holidays, now she has satrted school. My parents help in school holidays too, but they both work FT so harder. Both sets of parents babysit regularly - again through own choice.

I would never expect help, especially financial at all.

A fair few of the parents at DD's school have grandparents contributing towards school fees. We don't and would never expect them to either.