[seoulmetro]

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

Where's the source for this? I don't believe that's true.

Also most of what you wrote is true for Australia too. Except it's 3 months to split from gov leave, and as long as your company offers in paid leave.

Kindy is free in QLD now. Not sure whether that equates to daycare?

[hooper_]

Re: 12yr olds walking to school, yep I'm wrong about that!

Re: Kindy, that starts at 4yrs old. Daycare is prior to that. There is government assistance for sending your kid to daycare, the 1 week to 1 month cost I mentioned is the out of pocket expense.