VOICE OF A YOUNG MOTHER IN SINGAPORE

[concern2]

CloudeeDaz:

AC_Power:

I like the idea of having childcare centre near workplaces of working parents. However, my concern would be how high these child care centres are going to charge? Rental in prime areas is not going to be cheap.

True.

:idea: So the next best thing……..

Set aside a holding room at the work place.

Parents bring the kids to the office, deposit them at tne holding room

Every morning, a huge caravan will come and pick the kids up,

Send them to the childcare centre at some ulu place where the rent is cheap.

At the end of the day, the kids will be delivered back to the holding area,
ready for collection when the parents finished work

Sounds interesting. Your exaggeration is funny!

[MR06]

concern2:

CloudeeDaz:

[quote=\"AC_Power\"]I like the idea of having childcare centre near workplaces of working parents. However, my concern would be how high these child care centres are going to charge? Rental in prime areas is not going to be cheap.

True.

:idea: So the next best thing……..

Set aside a holding room at the work place.

Parents bring the kids to the office, deposit them at tne holding room

Every morning, a huge caravan will come and pick the kids up,

Send them to the childcare centre at some ulu place where the rent is cheap.

At the end of the day, the kids will be delivered back to the holding area,
ready for collection when the parents finished work

Sounds interesting. Your exaggeration is funny! [/quote]It may soon be a reality, not an exaggeration if we choose to be led by the nose to progress towards achieving economic benefits at the expense of everything else.

Try imagining your child living the life of a SAHP if he/she doesn't belongs to the highest economic echelon.

Read the following if you feel it is too far-fetched.

How old is Grandma?

Stay with this -- the answer is at the end... It will blow you away.

One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events.
The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.
The Grandmother replied, \"Well, let me think a minute,

I was born before:
' television
' penicillin
' polio shots
' frozen foods
' Xerox
' contact lenses
' Frisbees and
' the pill

There were no:

' credit cards
' laser beams or
' ball-point pens

Man had not yet invented:

' pantyhose
' air conditioners
' dishwashers
' clothes dryers
' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and
' man hadn't yet walked on the moon
Your Grandfather and I got married first, and then lived together.
Every family had a father and a mother.

Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, \"Sir.\"

And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, \"Sir.\"

We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy.

Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.

We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.

Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege.

We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent.

Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.

Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the evening breeze started.

Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends — not purchasing condominiums.

We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CD's, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.

We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios.

If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk.

The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam.

Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of.

We had 5 &10-cent (5 and dime) stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.

Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel.

And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.

You could buy a new Ford Coupe for $600, but who could afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.

In my day:

' \"grass\" was mowed,
' \"coke\" was a cold drink,
' \"pot\" was something your mother cooked in and
' \"rock music\" was your grandmother's lullaby.
' \"Aids\" were helpers in the Principal's office,
' \"chip\" meant a piece of wood,
' \"hardware\" was found in a hardware store and.
' \"software\" wasn't even a word.

We were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby.

We volunteered to protect our precious country.

No wonder people call us \"old and confused\" and say there is a generation gap.

How old do you think I am?

This woman would be only 60 years old.

She would have been born in late 1952.

GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

PASS THIS ON TO THE OTHER “OLD ONES.”

<BECAUSE THE YOUNG ONES WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.>

[concern2]

MR06:

CloudeeDaz:

[quote=\"AC_Power\"]I like the idea of having childcare centre near workplaces of working parents. However, my concern would be how high these child care centres are going to charge? Rental in prime areas is not going to be cheap.

True.

:idea: So the next best thing……..

Set aside a holding room at the work place.

Parents bring the kids to the office, deposit them at tne holding room

Every morning, a huge caravan will come and pick the kids up,

Send them to the childcare centre at some ulu place where the rent is cheap.

At the end of the day, the kids will be delivered back to the holding area,
ready for collection when the parents finished work

It may soon be a reality, not an exaggeration if we choose to be led by the nose to progress towards achieving economic benefits at the expense of everything else.

Try imagining your child living the life of a SAHP if he/she doesn't belongs to the highest economic echelon.[/quote]Sorry, I don't get what you mean by the sentence in bold. Can elaborate?

[pirate]

MR06:

CloudeeDaz:

[quote=\"AC_Power\"]I like the idea of having childcare centre near workplaces of working parents. However, my concern would be how high these child care centres are going to charge? Rental in prime areas is not going to be cheap.

True.

:idea: So the next best thing……..

Set aside a holding room at the work place.

Parents bring the kids to the office, deposit them at tne holding room

Every morning, a huge caravan will come and pick the kids up,

Send them to the childcare centre at some ulu place where the rent is cheap.

At the end of the day, the kids will be delivered back to the holding area,
ready for collection when the parents finished work

It may soon be a reality, not an exaggeration if we choose to be led by the nose to progress towards achieving economic benefits at the expense of everything else.

Try imagining your child living the life of a SAHP if he/she doesn't belongs to the highest economic echelon.[/quote]Actually har, it's this part I don't get. Led by whom?

[MR06]

Why nobody understand my post? Must be wrong frequency.

Concern2, what I envisaged may not be how you imagine the future would be like. Anyway, I was adding the Grandma story when you posted your reply. You may want to read it if you have missed it.

Are modern pirates robbing the commoners instead of the rich armed fleets? Surely they know the ways of the world, the movers, the shakers, the history makers.

[pirate]

MR06:

Why nobody understand my post? Must be wrong frequency.

Concern2, what I envisaged may not be how you imagine the future would be like. Anyway, I was adding the Grandma story when you posted your reply. You may want to read it if you have missed it.

Are modern pirates robbing the commoners instead of the rich armed fleets? Surely they know the ways of the world, the movers, the shakers, the history makers.

So you meant \"led by the nose\" by some hypothetical person or persons? Because I don't recall anybody advocating \"progress towards achieving economic benefits at the expense of everything else\". Maybe I missed a memo, directive or speech somewhere.
:?

[sharonkhoo]

MR06:

Why nobody understand my post? Must be wrong frequency.

Concern2, what I envisaged may not be how you imagine the future would be like. Anyway, I was adding the Grandma story when you posted your reply. You may want to read it if you have missed it.

Are modern pirates robbing the commoners instead of the rich armed fleets? Surely they know the ways of the world, the movers, the shakers, the history makers.

I don't get your post either, especially:
Try imagining your child living the life of a SAHP if he/she doesn't belongs to the highest economic echelon.
Are you saying that it will be impossible to be a SAHP if you aren't rich? Isn't that what a lot of people feel today?

As for the grandma story, yes it's quite true, but I still don't get your point. I'm 12 yrs younger than that hypothetical grandma and lots of is true for me too. But I don't see what you are trying to illustrate.

[MR06]

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[CloudeeDaz]

MR06:

Why nobody understand my post? ..............

i got the grandma story....hehe ...it takes one to noe one :evil:

but dont understand yr other comments also leh

MR06:

It may soon be a reality, not an exaggeration if we choose to be led by the nose to progress towards achieving economic benefits at the expense of everything else.

Try imagining your child living the life of a SAHP if he/she doesn't belongs to the highest economic echelon.

Got relation to grandma story meh?
why so cheem one?

[sharonkhoo]

MR06:

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Sorry, was that an explanation? This not-yet-grandma can't see because it's too small!