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For most people in the developed world that doesn't seem to usually be the case beyond the time the kids are very young though. At least here in Berlin it seems
by ido 12y ago
For most people in the developed world that doesn't seem to usually be the case beyond the time the kids are very young though. At least here in Berlin it seems usual for kids to go to day care at the age of 1 year, at which point you can at least have 1 parent working full time and the other part time (or both full time).
- danieldk 12y agoIt's relatively hard to get a daycare spot for under 1 year. We were lucky to have a daycare in our apartment complex (Southern Germany) which takes kids from three months and up. In The Netherlands it's pretty normal to bring kids to daycare from 3 or 6 months. In the end, there is often a salary hit though. My wife started working less. Also, there is no extra time anymore - on working days, we always go home at 17:00 sharp.
- ido 12y agoYes, that's why I wrote 1 year and not 3 months :) That's still not that huge a portion of a typical ~40 years career (unless you have a lot of children - I think the average for western Europe is somewhere between 1 and 2 kids) and you'd get parental leave payments during that time. So sure it probably hurts your combined income but I think it's very rarely a 50% reduction as suggested by OP saying he needs to double his salary to stay at the same level.