that could enable that family to be well cared for and have a well-paid job in the future. "She is talking about very low-level education which is not sufficient often for people to move into well-paid work." She said the National Government was trying to "sugar coat" the group's proposals, which were "irrational and punitive". "The Welfare Working Group suggests cutting benefits back very significantly. We are talking about a National Government that cuts benefits, and forces people out into work when their children are very young. There aren't the jobs being created for them so they will come under pressure from state agencies. "It's the kids in these families that are going to suffer." Ms Turei used her keynote speech to the annual Green Party conference in Auckland on Sunday to criticise National's "vicious" social policies. Sponsored links I read one of the comments below and said why should we pay for mums to stay at home because it is easier than working and chilcare together. One main reason is because for some children this would be the best for them and the best for their mum or dad. Children need more than a nursery can give them, they need times for cuddles and huggles, songs to be sung to them; time to help mum with jobs; time to talk about their past and futures; time with their mum or dad or carer; I am in Great Britain and we now are getting harsher and texpecting parents to return