[siquick]

> * Its illiegal for my son to walk to school by himself, before he's ~12

I see a lot of primary school kids walking to school without parents here in Sydney.

For the record the birth of our daughter which involved emergency c-section cost $0. We had multiple home visits in the first 3 months some purely focused on things like breast feeding techniques. Additionally all vaccines and checkups were $0.

My partner had 6 months paid maternity (albeit from her company). The daycare sickness is not country specific - if your boss has kids then they get it.