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Some people think that the government should pay one of the parents of very young children to stay at home to look after their children. What do you think would be the advantages and disadvantages of this policy?

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Nowadays both the parents work due to financial reasons and because of their busy schedules, their children suffer. It is believed by some people that for children’s better upbringing and proper
care
, either mother or father should be paid to stay at
home
 by the
government
. There are certainly some benefits to
this
 practice;
however
, there are several disadvantages too.
To begin
 with,
one
 of the obvious benefits of keeping
one
 parent at
home
 is that it ensures better
care
 of the child. Needless to say, parents understand the needs of their children better than others because they share a stronger emotional bond with them.
That is
 why if they stay with them, they will provide the best
care
 and attention to their children. Money is the main reason that encourages both parents to work. If the
government
 provides monetary assistance to
one
 of them, they can stay at
home
 without having to worry about meeting the expenses of raising a baby.
On the contrary
, there are some drawbacks to having
such
 policies as it will put
e
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xtra burden on the
government
. We all are aware that the
government
 has many areas to work on
such
 as education, poverty, employment and all of these require more funds. In order to pay money to parents, it has to reduce its spending in other areas and that might have even more adverse effects on a country’s economy.
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the parent who decides to stay
home
 to
care
 for the child may find it difficult to secure a good job once they decide to return to the job market. To conclude, it is indeed true that a
care
 provider cannot provide the same
care
 as a parent. If the
government
 offers financial assistance to
one
 of the parents for staying at
home
, it will definitely benefit the child.
However
, it will put
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train on the public exchequer.
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