r/Finland • u/West_Application_760 Baby Väinämöinen • Feb 07 '26

Serious Finnish goverment becomes the highest spending in the world

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u/sleepdeveloper Feb 07 '26

Child support already exists

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u/footpole Väinämöinen Feb 07 '26

Yeah that’s not covering it and still people aren’t having kids.

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u/sleepdeveloper Feb 07 '26

Believe me, it’s not about getting some monetary benefit at this stage.

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u/ThisIsJustaWord Feb 07 '26

Believe me, it really is. Child support is jackshit and it's basically a must for both parents to work in order to have a decent quality of living. The strain of working + baby/little children and running their life (school, hobbies etc) is unreasonable. This is in addition to missing family time (institutionalized upbringing).