Childcare co-operatives run by mothers for mothers, licensed and inspected, in every town

The single largest unused asset in the country is sitting at home, and the reasons are practical, not attitude.

Invite six mothers in one neighbourhood who want to work but have nobody to watch the children, and one who would rather run childcare than take an office job. Agree a daily fee, a room and hours that match the local factory and office shifts, and ask the district office what licensing and inspection a childcare centre needs. The proof is six paid places promised for the first month.

Who pays first

A mother with a job offer she cannot take because nobody watches the children, who pays because the fee is smaller than the wage.

What leaves today

Trained women stay home because childcare is missing; every licensed place turns an education the country paid for into earnings instead of waste.

Confirm the registration a childcare group needs, the inspection of the room, a first-aid trained carer on every shift, and insurance for the children.

The list. Chapter Fourteen

"Childcare, transport safety, workplace law, and the plain expectation"

Childcare comes first on the book's list for women. A mother cannot take the job without it.

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?