[dogsbody70]

thanks again Nyorin. I noticed in a previous post of yours that schooling has to be paid for and high cost of nurseries.kindergarten etc.

We pay for our schools via our taxes, and there is supposed to be free nursery places, but I think they are few and far between. Of course there are private or so called Public schools that have high costs. There are child minders who for a fee will look after children.

Many girls travel the world as Mothers Help or au pairs, but I believe conditions sometimes can be awful.

Our daughter had an au pair when her three children were young. A lovely girl from the Chech republic stayed for quite a while.

Costs of living here also means couples have to work to survive and to pay the rent or high mortgages.

It is good if a parent can stay at home-- especially when the child is young, but most go to nursery school very young. Life here is very different from when I was young when most mothers did stay at home, but most could not afford it nowadays.