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The government should provide more financial
assistance to parents who use childcare.
Firstly,
childcare centres may assist children in their
early development. They give children an
opportunity to mix with other children and to
develop social skills at an early age. A whole
range of learning occurs in childcare centres.
Moreover,
parents and children need to spend some time apart.
Children become less dependent on their parents and
parents themselves are less stressed and more
effective care-givers when there are periods of
separation. Recent studies indicate that the
parent-child relationship can be improved by the
use of high-quality childcare facilities.
In
addition, parents who cannot go
to work because they don't have access to childcare
facilities cannot contribute to the national
economy. They are not able to utilise their
productive skills and do not pay income tax.
Non-working parents can become a drain on the tax
system through dependent spouse and other rebates.
Government support for childcare services assists
individual families and is important for the
economic well-being of the whole nation.
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