To encourage families to have more children, the Korean government is subsidizing day care. As explained by the
"Gyopowife" blog, multicultural families can get $300 for what's called the 다문화가족유아이.
I don't know enough about the program to explain more (I wish I did -- offhand, it seems like terrible fiscal policy), but the bottom line is that our kids are now in day care. Registration is 100,000 won per kid (~$100), plus the after-subsidy amount of 140,000 won per month each (~$140).
It's kind of funny. Both kids were totally fine with getting on a bus and "having an adventure," but I was less prepared. I knew P would headed off to Kindergarten in the fall, but I didn't him to be riding the school bus so soon, much less our younger one.
So, each day we send them off with the backpack and a clean lunch tray. The school feeds them, and they bring the tray back to be washed. The bus picks them up about a block from our neighborhood.
It's kind of funny. Both kids were totally fine with getting on a bus and "having an adventure," but I was less prepared. I knew P would headed off to Kindergarten in the fall, but I didn't him to be riding the school bus so soon, much less our younger one.
So, each day we send them off with the backpack and a clean lunch tray. The school feeds them, and they bring the tray back to be washed. The bus picks them up about a block from our neighborhood.
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