The ‘free’ care of parents and of family most enriches children

GOD be good to the poor Obamas abroad in the White House! 

The ‘free’ care of parents and of family most enriches children

Such is the poor pay of US presidents that granny had to mind Malia and Sasha while mammy and daddy were busy being First Man and Lady! Being short of cash is, after all, the only reason anyone would choose granny over a well-regulated after-school facility or homework club.

Wouldn’t you agree? I thought you would. Especially if you’ve been reading all those endless headlines about the ‘scandal’ of children ‘forced’ into the care of their extended families due to the high cost of childcare, which is ‘like a second mortgage’.

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