Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Adventurer]

What do single mothers with school age children do if they are working over here in Korea. Someone asked me what the possibilities are out there for them in terms of day care, being at their work place, costs etc...
I am not really sure.

[Rapacious Mr. Batstove]

[mateomiguel]

From what I've seen they tap the rich vein of older female relatives to help them take care of their children. Unfortunately these older female relatives usually heap a load of shame and reproach upon them in return. So I guess that they are more obsequious in their day to day lives?

That is what they do.

[mindmetoo]

My best friend here is a single mom. Basically her retired parents take care of her son during the day.

[tzechuk]

I am not a single mother but I do work. Our daughter goes to a Korean daycare and she loves it there!

[RACETRAITOR]

Remember that women here have a network of relatives that can help them out with raising children. If they get desperate they can always move back in with their parents for free child care.

[Adventurer]

[tzechuk]

It's not bad - definitely much cheaper than the UK (where I am from) and elsewhere.

As with everything else, though, it depends on where you send your child. There are slightly cheaper places and there are more expensive ones. The one we put our daughter in is slightly upscale - the place is larger and they have more carers. The price for full time care (8.30-whatever time it is that you pick the kid up, latest is 8pm) is about 500K a month, they give a morning snack, lunch and an afternoon snack. If you require dinner, you pay extra. We only send Letty there from around 11 to 4.30-5, and we pay 320K, which is OK.

Seoul will be more expensive but everywhere else should be pretty similar to Daejeon, which is where I am.

I am comfortable with this arrangement because Letty is half Korean and as we will be leaving when she reaches primary school age, I feel that she should get more exposure to other Korean kids now, so that she doesn't forget half her culture... heh.

[Big_Bird]

[ichan]

Yes Korean kindergarten is very affordable I pay $235/month my son stays there from 10am-5pm, lunch included plus morning and afternoon snacks..Teachers and kids are very nice and friendly..

My 5 y/o son used to cry whenever I leave him in the morning, but after few weeks he is very excited to go there, not only that it is fun, it is not only a daycare but they also teach math, science,english,etc...And the thing that I like best they serve healthy meal, you know that Korean food always serve with vegetables, now my son eats veggies

We live in Seoul.

[Big_Bird]

[Pak Yu Man]

Some of the women in my apt complex (4 of them, 2 single) send their kids to day care or school.

Your friend needs to get a job at the same time her kid goes to school. Post private education places (hakwon and school alike) would love foreign kids at the school. It's like a free resource.
The kid will learn Korean fast and her friends will improve their English.

I've had friends in Daegu who were asked to '*beep*' out their kid.
Dads and mom would ask them to let their daughter to lay with their kids.
Their daughter attended her father's school. Once the director asked him if his daughter could play with all the children equaly and not have any favorite friends. lol

Foreign kids are a double-edged sword.

[ichan]

[peppermint]

[princess]