As if we needed more reasons to save a buck!

Just ONE MORE REASON (as if we needed more) for families to band together to help other families save money.

Child care fees are on the up and up.

The families of more than 500,000 children in long-daycare centres could face fee increases of up to $120 a week under federal government changes, starting from next month.

Slap!

The reforms are aimed at improving early childhood education but may actually make it unaffordable for thousands of those families.

Long-daycare centres - the largest provider of preschool services in NSW - are expected to increase fees by up to $24 a day to meet requirements under the government's National Quality Framework.

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What are your thoughts about this proposed change? Will your family feel the pinch even more with up to $24 a day extra coming out of your already tight family budget? And what about parents looking to return to the workforce. Part-time work seems hardly worth it when the cost of child care is so high.

I'd value your thoughts on this issue.