Hi, can anyone let me know how we can maximise our child care subsidy?
I know there are recognised activities one can choose, but which activities help increase our subsidy?
Thanks!
How to Maximise Your Child Care Subsidy?
Mis12h on 05/06/2023 - 08:47
Last edited 05/06/2023 - 10:03 by 1 other user
Last edited 05/06/2023 - 10:03 by 1 other user
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Why would you want to "maximis" you childcare subsidy? Do you hate spending time with your kids so much that you need to find more Recognised Activities so you can get away from them?
It's part of the old Latin phrase..
Toddlus Avoidus Maximis
thanks, makes sense
hmm i read that the OP want to get more money. period. nothing to do with hate
@CyberMurning: This is unlikely, but I cbf explaining to you how childcare subsidies work. Plenty of information online.
Toddlus Avoidus Maximis
Finally a useful Harry Potter spell
Do you hate spending time with your kids so much that you need to find more Recognised Activities so you can get away from them?
Just wait until they're teenagers. Then you know pain.
aint no childcare then! But to be fair, they rarely emerge from their room, so you don't really need it
It is also possible that's because you didn't spend enough time with them when they're toddler in the first place.
You got it all wrong. That is not what i meant.
I love apending time with my child, everyday i do diff activities with him and i would love for him to stay home with me. But with work starting up again you have to think of something for ur child. And its not like i want to put him in childcare for the whole week.If you're working 48+ hours a fortnight you get 100 hours of childcare subsidy.. so not sure what the problem is. If you aren't working that much why do you need so much subsidy? For any of the defined activity levels, the subsidised hours far exceed the number of work hours required to achieve that level.
Yes this what i have been working towards. I am looking for work, fingers crossed i secure a job soon.
You got it all wrong. That is not what i meant.
I love apending time with my child, everyday i do diff activities with him and i would love for him to stay home with me. But with work starting up again you have to think of something for ur child. And its not like i want to put him in childcare for the whole week.
you need more kids! the more kids you have, the more CCS you can get.
such a cheeky comment! :)
I've learnt that some people do that.
i read long time ago some group of community in australia, they give birth so young at age 15-16 just so they can get $ from gov to buy drugs, repeat many times.. and just dump their children to their parents while they are play outside with friends
And the cycle repeats generation after generation.
I too have watched Housos.
Absolutely no one is having kids just to get subsidised child care
So children are a money making scheme? Damn I must be doing something wrong
Importing rich kids sounds like a great solution to all problems.
well if they are from good background families, why not?
better than giving money not sure what they will become…
or importing poor kids? look at the teenage crime rate.. and the gangs in victoria…
im sure they are not rich kidsI think it's less about their current accumulated wealth, but more about their attitude and way of life, which are harder to define and use as criteria. There are a lots of rich criminals.
If child care wasn't subsidised many parents (mainly mothers) couldn't afford to work. Many years out of the workforce = bad for the economy and tax receipts. Propping up the ageing population is just a side benefit
Why are people having children that they need others to pay for? The economy was fine before women entered the workforce. If the subsidy is taken away what will they do then?
Why would you want to do that instead of making a good habit for your children ie. do whatever it takes to get them read, self-teach STEM skills, arts, etc.
It was hard for me at the beginning but after enforcing them doing the right things at the age of around 4 for about a year, they keep their habit until now they are 9 and 12. They've read a lot of books, have taught themselves musical skills (like piano, guitar, etc), art (drawing, painting, etc), daily numbers and spelling exercises, and computer skills (kid programming, web development, etc) in addition to school activities.
They have been doing a diverse range of things everyday so they can effectively kill their time right without bugging me. Other than foods, I almost don't need to do anything for them. I don't need to worry that they stay in their rooms playing e-games, etc.
please share your tips
you need to observe their learning behaviour and interest then link them to educational activities and try to remind them to repeat their educational acitivities by using some creative ideas you could think of. overtime, they will enjoy those activities then tend to continue doing so by themselves.
What do you mean ‘It was hard for me at the beginning but after enforcing them doing the right things at the age of around 4’ ?
Sooner or later the beatings start to work and you only need to show the back of your hand to get results.
you could always have a positive thinking …
it was hard because it is very time consuming to study your children behaviour and interest, then link them to educational acitivities which are closely related. As young kids tend to give up their interest very quick, you can enforce them by being more creative in updating your method and assistive materials to make them happy with their learning. After doing that for a sufficient amount of time, you will see that your children just repeat their activities by themselves, thus you don't need to spend more effort into them. Better yet, if you do well with the elder kid, he/she could just help you to drive their younger like my son teaches and plays with his sister.
out of curiosity, it would be great if downvoters care to share their thought :)
I didn't downvote you, but your original comment had absolutely nothing to do with the actual post.
Are you suggesting teaching them to take care of themselves as toddlers to save on child care?
hell nah, that's not the purpose or goal I've been trying to achieve. I don't mean to offense anyone but I always tell my kids that if you have to rely on someone to live your lives ie. rely on government support, you are either a complete failure or you are yet to be successful. Only use the support you really need it, not abuse it.
Don't get me wrong as not everyone rely on gov support is bad, they may have their own things to deal with and they need the support to get them over those problems. But if they intend to live off the gov support by not going to work because they are lazy and intentionally take advantage or abuse the purpose of the gov support, they are suck.
Aren't parents supposed to teach their kids valuable skills and provide them with the best possible education to be successful and able to live independently when they grow up? The point I was trying to make is to suggest an alternate solution to the OP's question. Rather than trying to ask for more, why not trying to do something better and right?
Do you think modelling such a mindset that you have to rely on the gov support to live is good for your children?
The gov support is for those who are really in need, not for abusers.
Last but not least, do you think those skills that my children have acquired over the years just worth as much as the gov support?
Claiming a subsidy you are entitled to is not abusing the system, and is not the same as living off government support. The primary purpose of government subsidies for child care is to support workforce participation.
Your post was not relevant to the question asked.
When we added an OSH morning at school for my eldest it brought the daycare fees for my younger two down. It’s not always about getting rid of your kids!
Get qualified as a child care teacher, set yourself up as a child care agency, invoice yourself.
It is only up to year 6 that you can claim child care subside? after year 7 u can't i think???
Reduce your income
It's not a particular activity. It's amount of hours doing activities in total. https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/activity-level-and-subs…