Oh, I hate the word I find it demeaning to my profession of which I studied for 7 years to get my masters and have spent a decade of my life working in. We call it Early Childhood Education but most people only know it as “childcare”.

Sorry I could rant about this for hours.

I work in “childcare”, I get this warmth everyday and than they all run up to cuddle me 🥰

Yes that Bain Capital.

Childcare in Australia is subsidised by the government, so the childcare centres raise fees and every few years the government raises the subsidy so parents can afford it. Once it’s affordable the centres raise fees again, it’s a vicious cycle.

I read the meeting minutes from when they bought us out and it was all about how they struck gold with free government money. They didn’t give a shit about the children, just how much tax payer money they could take out of our country.

Needless to say the quality of care went down and it wasn’t high to start with, injuries and incidents went up, and I quit to join somewhere better.

Daycare is a multibillion dollar industry. The previous company I worked at here in Australia was owned by big an American private investment firm (Bain Capital).

My centres company owned about 70 centres under them, and their owners had many other childcare corporations they owned across the globe.

I work for a not for profit now and while they run 76 centres, they actually care about the children.

American suburbia.

“A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys”

I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?