When it comes to cutting expenses, families with children juggle to try to make the cut as little as possible affect the well-being of our children, but the truth is that the crisis has effects on your care.
This is revealed by a study presented yesterday by Philips Avent on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. As mothers have admitted, they prefer to cut expenses on them rather than those of their babies. It's normal, we always put our children ahead.
Even so, in some areas they have been forced to change some customs to reduce spending. For example, 17% have changed the baby's food.
On the other hand, as for who takes care of the baby, 27% of the families have cut in nursery and 33% in caregiver. Either they stay at home with one of the parents or they remain in the care of the grandparents, who have become the preferred refuge of Spanish parents for their children. In fact, it is the European country where grandparents spend more time caring for grandchildren.
Also, 36% have recognized that they make fewer gifts to other babies in their environment.
In the light of the conclusions of the study, we can see that in general the crisis affects the care of children. But like everything negative, the crisis also has its positive side. What at first may seem detrimental in the background may not be so much.
The change in food can be directed towards breastfeeding or toward prepared foods at home, cheaper than prepared ones, while the care of children is in charge of their own parents or grandparents, fundamental reference persons for their emotional development during the first years of life.
In your case, has the crisis affected in any way the care of your children?
