For me it's my pride. . I'm to proud to live off the government and to stubborn for anyone to convince me otherwise. I am going to be getting another job soon (at the mo I clean 4-5 hours a week and take Arabella with me) I also start my studies in July . . I want my kids to be proud of me and see that I've made something of myself and they can to, I also want to get a good job that pays well so I can have lots of kids and be able to offer them the best. .
I know people who have had kids to get money or to have someone love them thinking that it will all be easy and work out fine but thats not the case and the kids suffer for it.
Ok so I can't resist to put my 2 cent's worth is first off I have the upmost respect for full time working Mum's. I am myself a stay at home Mum for 2 reason's one I want to be and second due to the fact I am not teh brightest spark in toe box the 2 thing's I am good at and could earn me $$ are nannying and supermarket work neitehr of which would earn me enough money to justify waht me and DH would lose is the working for families schem. And then to take into account the daycare cost's
As for having more kids and not being able to afford them if somone looked into our situation they would problaly say the same about us except we don't have a flash car or a million HP's its purely the cost of living is so darn high now even people earning a reasonable wage can't get a head. however we have not based our desion on money we know that at the end of the day we will get by and our kid's however many that maybe will alway's have what they need.
I do get vrey frustrated when you see people walking into winz to get every handout possible to support what rver habbit they have while there kid's miss out. I also get really fristrated with people that knowinly milk the system for all its worth.
However I also see there is a need for these support's to be in place for all the people like some of you lovely ladies to get a head and support your kid's. Mum's like James and mum2lucas.
You are awsome ladies doing a great job for kid's hold your head's up high. I don't belive anyone was meaning people like you at all.
WINZ paid for my glasses and I am paying them back and when my mum has recovered and Arabella and I get our own place I will be asking WINZ for a loan for the bond money. . I think it's great that they do that -lend you the money but take payments back from the DPB. .
Oh winz have helped us out like that before. Once when my washing machine broke we had to prove we had been turned down for laon's etc fisrt. It was great and that is what I mean about it being good for the people that need it.
Have you noticed when driving in all the state house area's they have heat pump's installed and Digital Satalite's, why the hell when there are people with 2 incomes can't even afford to get them.....
I know in Chch theres actually some sort of scheme to help low income families get rid of their polluting fire place and replace it with a heat pump. I assume the state houses got them all put in too not by the families but by the council? I could be wrong.
Thats what we got in our house Rach but it's the clean Air scheme you get though environment Canterbury, it isn't for low income families even though it is a damn lot cheaper than doing it by yourself.
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