Tragedy at a home daycare in Vaughan, ON

[Sandbox Sally]

I didn't say anything about welfare, but I adamantly disagree with you on that, too.

I am talking about subsidized child care. Pretty much everyone who makes less than $70k qualifies for it around here. Daycare costs are crazy.

Why do you hate the poor? What's with the chip on your shoulder? Why should you pay for other peoples' children? Do you get baby bonus or universal tax credit? Where does the money come for that, do you suppose? I am guaranteeing that some of it comes from people who don't even have children, but as we choose to live on the grid and in a society, we all choose to pay for the collective good of our society. Do your children go to school? Do you pay for private school? Because if they go to public school, I guarantee you that my aunt and uncle who are childless help pay for them to go to school. You are missing the point. It is our job as a collective to raise each generation, not single handedly by any means, but a little bit from each, as a COLLECTIVE GROUP.

And those who are stuck on the point that if you cannot afford quality childcare without subsidy, you shouldn't have children, what if your awesome ideal utopian circumstances suddenly change? Even if you can easily afford quality daycare when you get pregnant, that's no insurance that you'll always be able to afford it. Any family can experience job loss, death of a parent, divorce, or insurmountable medical bills or condition that make them unable to afford things they never thought they would have to do without.

I continue to be appalled at the attitude that so many of you feel that it's "not your problem" and can so easily turn your backs on the most vulnerable in our world.

Again, I went to school for four years. My potential income does not exceed $20 per hour. Should I then go back and accumulate extra student debt, which I can barely afford now? And for what? Can you lead me to a degree that will have me out and working to support three children on one salary, up to and including daycare, food, utilities, loan payments, rent, gas and clothing? Or should I hand over my kids to Children's Aid now? Or should I shack up with some random so that s/he can pay half the bills?

Your expectations are prejudiced and unrealistic. I can't believe I am reading this.