Was wondering if there are any parents out there who would be interested in joining other single parents for activities with or without kids. As with many, sometimes I am without child for the day/evening so would be interested in activities of both a child friendly and adult nature.
I am based in Basel but this does not become a Basel only group. I look forward to hearing from any one who would like to spend some summer days having fun
I'm sure some single parents will be interested.
Yes, here is one: two kids, 5 and 7 y. o.
I arrived in Switzerland three months ago and still trying to settle.
There is one in the UK, and I think when I was there looking at apartments, I got that double take half look thing, but that may be paranoid.
What about officially? I ask because when I got a leaflet about withholding tax I noticed that Band B was for couples with only one income and 'so-called half families (single, divorced, separated, widowed living with child/ren)' Which I hope was a translation thing as I would hate to be officially a 'so-called half family'
Abi_bouw, there's no official stigma to being a single parent household. Actually, you'll find a variety of sources for assistance on all sorts of levels.
Personally, I found the single mom thing actually helped me when it came to finding an apartment.
Happy to help figure out the ropes here
Like said before, being a single mother is not taken badly here, and I can confirm there are a lot of resource to help you and the kids.
a) not great for older kids and
b) only on the first saturday of the month, so in four weeks.
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Maybe a Saturday or Sunday session at the lake somewhere?
My kids are 5, 8 & 10, and i am quite happy "doing" a lot with them.
We go camping, swimming, into the mountains, but am always happy for grown-up company on the weekends, when many of my mum-friends are doing their family stuff.
If you are also in the Zurich-Baden area, know exactly what you want to do, but need a bit of motivation, have kids of a similar age, or are just happy for another grown-up to help herd the troops every so often, send me a PM.
I'm in the Lucerne area with three kids aged 10, 9 & 7
I am keen in having a child. I have been told its almost impossible to have a child without dual support.
For a start someone told me it cost about CHF4000 a month for day care services in Zurich?
And that its almost impossible to get a place in most day care centres. Is this true?
Can anyone provide me some realistic numbers? Also where can i get useful info on single working moms? Thank you!