Has anyone ever thought about sending children to private schools abroad? I know it’s not for 1 year olds but for 6 y.o. should be doable.
I can barely consider that when my kids will be adults, so considering it now… 
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Dude, that’s terrible!
Boarding school in a foreign country for a 6 year old 
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Fair enough.
It’s 8yo minimum age.
I was just wondering. I see many people want top notch education for their children. I’ve read some british school (in britain) for the elite costs less than kita here.
That would still be extremely cruel imho. Kids that age need their parents a lot. I can’t even imagine how it would impact their development. Exchange student programs take teens between the ages of 15 and 18 and for good reason.
Also, paying for education doesn’t guarantee quality. When a school is run as a business there’s always a built-in conflict of interest. Even some of the international schools here in Switzerland are terrible and not worth their tuition.
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I agree, but I"m not sure about the quality of such schools. Never bothered to research into it.
and what about the parents ? I mean I like a lot having my kids around, it would be unconceivable to have them in some other country, for me it would probably be kind of traumatic/stressful. I am not able to fathom any parent that would exchange top notch education vs family time at home.
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From what I’ve seen, childcare is one area where the Romandes seem to have the upper hand on the Bourbines. 
My personal experiences have led me to view child care very much as a gender equality issue. Having a system that impedes return to the workforce for mothers and often negates a large chunk of the financial incentives to work (due to child care availability/costs and the double-earner rate penalty) is a bit shit, in my opinion.
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The research indicates: if women are allowed to become educated and join the workforce, men need to change more diapers, or accept a non-sustainable population replacement rate:
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It’s so unfair for women indeed. That’s why I personally feel totally OK to have my wife work 100% as well, even if it hurt financially with child care.
Just to leave her the choice is important I think. Inequality should not be build within the system itself…
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I’m with you on this. I think it elevates the society. On a personal level working also adds to her pension and opens the possibility to buy into the pillar 3a.
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Maybe off-topic. As a woman that just had her second child, it annoys me that the standard question people ask me is “why I work 100%”, and “how I manage work with kids” etc etc. HR sends me a form where I can freely indicate the percentage of work I want to have after mat leave. Nobody asks such questions or sends such forms to my husband. It is almost as if I am supposed to reduce my work percentage, because that’s what mothers do. Hardly anybody seems to question the financial implications (pension etc) of women working less.
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I think there is a point where Scandinavia (especially Norway) is much more advanced. Totally normal that both parents take a step back from work for the kids.
Switzerland,Austria and Southern Germany especially are really conservative (Someone remembers the “Herdprämie” proposed by some conservative leader in Germany ? Totally out of time…)
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I get the same even at 80%, but my husband not (even though he reduced to 80%). I think it is much more secure if both work (divorce, loss of a job).
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Just now, HR asked me (for the second time) if I dont want to reduce my work percentage or take unpaid leave… I know they mean well, but I cannot stop thinking that this ingrained psychology of women working less also affects their general opinion about the value of the work we do. Really annoying. Btw, I consider myself good at what I do when I objectively compare myself with my peers, which is hard for me to admit and write.
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Hi guys,
Interesting discussions! Would like to tag on to this topic regarding babysitting. We are trying to arrange a babysitter to care for our two kids for the days they dont go to the kita (and to have a buffer when they have a temperature of 38.1 and we get the dreaded call from the kita). We found a very nice girl, but now am struggling with arranging the paperwork for the tax office. We just want to make the work legal and pay the necessary taxes as her employer. I have already gone to these sites (below) and tried to translate as best as I can what we should do, but frankly, it’s not really telling me exactly how I should ‘register’ this work arrangement:
Do any of you have some experience I can tap into? The other option is to go to an agency like quitt.ch and pay for it ( which we would like to avoid)
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
This could be an option: https://www.klara.ch/en/home
Edit: unfortunately, only the landing page is in english
On the SVA site you’ll find a form to fill in with your details and the details of the worker. At the end of the year you tell them how many hours she worked and hoe much you paid her and then they’ll send you a bill for the rest (AHV, etc…). At least this is what I have understood for my cleaner, though I have yet to receive the bill for 2020.
You might also need an insurance for her.
You can do that directly with a cleaner as well? I’m looking to a way to reduce my cleaner cost, keep her as she’s great, and get rid of Batmaid without loosing too much benefit for her… that may be the way…
Yes, absolutely no problem. You will also need accident insurance for the cleaner (approx. 100 CHF per year).