My sentiments about child care can be best summed up here:...

My sentiments about child care can be best summed up here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/van...nal-care-politics-of-mothering_b_6882018.html

''....The reality is that, in 2015, we live in an age of consensus politics in one area: prioritising and subsidising more paid-for childcare. There is no policy of the money following the child, as advocated by Mothers at Home Matter amongst others. No mainstream political party seeks to recognise or place value on the prospect of a parent at home, doing the work of childcare and supporting the family. We may only speak of childcare being productive and valuable if it is performed by strangers, for a fee, and under the guise of 'Early Years Education'. There is no room for recognition of the productive and valuable work performed by loving mothers up and down the country and throughout time....''

My opinion is based on my experiences as both a mother and a grandmother.