“Choosing beggar” is an online term used to describe people who make unreasonable or entitled demands. And there’s a wholesubredditdedicated to this colorful bunch.Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, parents make up a considerable number of them. So we at Bored Panda decided to try and see what their requests are usually about. Turns out, child care is arguably their top priority.To show you that some moms and dads need a reality check, we compiled a collection of moments when they tried to get someone to watch their kids for (basically) free.This post may includeaffiliate links.
“Choosing beggar” is an online term used to describe people who make unreasonable or entitled demands. And there’s a wholesubredditdedicated to this colorful bunch.
Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, parents make up a considerable number of them. So we at Bored Panda decided to try and see what their requests are usually about. Turns out, child care is arguably their top priority.
To show you that some moms and dads need a reality check, we compiled a collection of moments when they tried to get someone to watch their kids for (basically) free.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
Even though they’re getting called out for the way they go about it, parents who are sending kids to daycare know that it can be a huge chunk of the family budget.For example, in the US,the average cost is about $10,000 a year, but it’s more than double that in many places across the country.
Even though they’re getting called out for the way they go about it, parents who are sending kids to daycare know that it can be a huge chunk of the family budget.
For example, in the US,the average cost is about $10,000 a year, but it’s more than double that in many places across the country.
According to the US Labor Department, the average price of preschool and daycare is up 6% from last year and nearly double the overall inflation rate of 3.2%.Big parts of the problem can be attributed to increasing labor costs and rising demand with more parents going back to the office post-pandemic.
According to the US Labor Department, the average price of preschool and daycare is up 6% from last year and nearly double the overall inflation rate of 3.2%.
Big parts of the problem can be attributed to increasing labor costs and rising demand with more parents going back to the office post-pandemic.
Child care is gaining resonance in economic and business circles, but it’s losing ground in the political arena.Funding put in place during the pandemic is set to run out this month, and advocateswarnthat once the US hits that “child care cliff,” some centers will either have to raise prices even more, cut staff, or shut their doors.
Child care is gaining resonance in economic and business circles, but it’s losing ground in the political arena.
Funding put in place during the pandemic is set to run out this month, and advocateswarnthat once the US hits that “child care cliff,” some centers will either have to raise prices even more, cut staff, or shut their doors.
Employment in the sector still hasn’t recovered from 2020, in part because wage growth in the under-resourced industry hasn’t kept pace with other low-wage sectors.
So even though it’s hard to sympathize with someone as entitled as most of the parents in these pictures, their opportunistic “hunts” for people to look after their kids can be interpreted as signs of a bigger problem.51% of U.S. parentssaythey spend over 20% of their income on child care, which is far more than the 7% that the federal government defines as “affordable.”
So even though it’s hard to sympathize with someone as entitled as most of the parents in these pictures, their opportunistic “hunts” for people to look after their kids can be interpreted as signs of a bigger problem.
51% of U.S. parentssaythey spend over 20% of their income on child care, which is far more than the 7% that the federal government defines as “affordable.”
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