Day care for some
So much for the welfare’s infamous, “day care for all” – Vantaa is considering restricting full-time day care if the mother or father is a stay-at-home parent…
Many of Finland’s municipal governments want to cut costs by limiting some parents’ rights to full-time day care. This would take a change to existing laws, however. Vantaa is one city that is looking into the effects of restricting full-time day care if the mother or father is a stay-at-home parent.
These families would instead be offered organized club activities for the children a few days a week. The city calculates that this could save five million euros annually.
Of course, who are the people most likely to be at home? The poor who are looking for a job, or have only found part-time work. Or maybe those parents who are sick, or might be battling drug/alcohol abuse – Should they be denied day care? And what about those who work from home? Should they be forced to juggle both taking care of their kids and working?
