'There's an army of us, a silent silver army filling all the cracks of a broken childcare system' One in four grandparents say they are retiring early to provide childcare for their grandchildren, research reveals 🔎 Big Read by AasmaDay
spoke to women who reveal without the huge continuing support of their mothers, their careers would have come to an abrupt end and they would never have been able to progress as their promotion prospects would have been curtailed.is being “taken advantage of” by a Government providing a “failing and broken childcare system” which is stopping many parents, particularly women, from pursuing their careers.
“If I’d had to reduce my working hours earlier in my career, there is no way I could have progressed to director level and I wouldn’t be in the role I am today.” “I do feel guilty as my mum literally stopped everything she did for us. If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be in the role I am in now as vice-president. It only happened because she stepped in and pretty much looked after my children full-time.”that she feels mixed emotions at achieving so much in her career as she knows it was only made possible due to her mum’s sacrifices. “I feel so blessed and lucky to have had my mum around to do those things.
“It’s a mad juggling act even now and without my mum, it would have created a level of stress I wouldn’t have been able to handle and I wouldn’t have been able to progress in my career. However, Meena says she does sometimes have pangs of regret as she knows at the age of 61 when her granddaughters were born, she could have taken up another teaching role as her skills were in demand. She also stopped training future teachers for the Open University.
Their survey of more than 1,000 parents of children aged five and under found that as a result of the childcare pressures, one in four grandparents felt forced to retire earlier than planned., which campaigns for flexible working, says she could not have carried on working without her mum Lucia, now 70.
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