tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29783395.post1575825396043832850..comments2023-10-21T02:43:05.419+11:00Comments on Ariane's little world: Baby packsArianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977679825245376111noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29783395.post-22673288988225230552008-07-23T13:10:00.000+10:002008-07-23T13:10:00.000+10:00I used my baby bonus to pay the rent n' bills ...I used my baby bonus to pay the rent n' bills while I wasn't working. Some little luxuries like food and so on too, hiring a breastpump for a couple of months, and nappies. Lots and lots of nappies.<BR/><BR/>The whole set up is so frustrating, welfare is provided to (indigenous and non-indigenous) people at arms length (without checking that people receiving it are educated in handling the money and capable of planning & budgeting, and then if they are indigenous, and it turns out that they weren't capable of planning & budgeting (because they weren't provided with the education they're entitled to) we give them a showbag and take away all their choices. Which entrenches the institutionalisation, and still doesn't teach people how to manage their money in future.katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05933494864542847343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29783395.post-89149802725087077002008-07-21T22:00:00.000+10:002008-07-21T22:00:00.000+10:00Argh, the stupid, it burns!I have many problems wi...Argh, the stupid, it burns!<BR/><BR/>I have many problems with the baby bonus not least of which is that we should be funding decent paid maternity and paternity leave instead of handing out token "buy the voters" lump sums. But putting all that aside, formula? Formula?! If there's one thing that should be being encouraged and supported in the communities in question, it's breastfeeding. Handing out formula as a routine thing seems very misguided.mimbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907569024689875694noreply@blogger.com