I think that the companies should budget for the jobs, not for amount of kids the employee has. If you like the package - take it. If you don't - then don't. I could never understand "children education allowances" or "children tuition fees paid" concept (in any country). It was explained very well by someone earlier on this thread - why should someone get considerably more money for the same work just because he/she has kids and the others don't? I would understand it when people with children get tax reductions based on the number of kids, but salaries? This is just bizarre. It is a personal decision of the individuals whether to have kids (and the expenses that go with kids), or not. Why should the companies pay for that??