The Belfast duo behind popular new group Melted Parents NI have told Belfast Live they want real change to childcare provisions in Northern Ireland
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"The mental health of parents is really suffering right now and families have no respite and when they do, they're relying on grandparents during the week and then they feel guilty asking for more help.Becca points out that one person who contacted them has two young children, with childcare costs of £1,750 per month, which dwarfs their monthly £395 mortgage payment.
"We're not talking mummies with a few children and full-time childcare, a lot of these mummies are mummies with one or two children at a young age, that even in part-time care, their childcare bill is still more than their wage that comes in.Casey said they are working on applying pressure to Stormont politicians to do more to address the problems facing parents.
"At the moment, Stormont's not sitting and we're being told to wait on a longer term childcare strategy, but families can't afford to wait that long, so we really want to support parents views and trying to drive for a bit of support for families now.
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