danvilla2
I’m not an expert
I feel that incentives for people to have more kids just won't be enough to incentivise people to have kids (like a free nanny) so they end up being giveaways to people who would be having those kids either way.
Do you think incentivising people to have kids is a good thing? Apologies if this sounds elitist, but it’s a great ideology to think all these middle class, educated families will churn out another kid but would it encourage say women or couples who are drug addicts to churn out more kids who (unfortunately) probably won’t contribute as much to society in the future.
Childcare costs are without doubt the biggest financial barrier in the first few years, so by subsidising more of that would be a big help to help (personally). A lot of people without kids would respond with cost being a barrier - now you always figure it out, but when you’re asking people to pay north of £500 up to £1k per month in some cases, it’s a hell of a lot of money.