re: How many kids did you put through daycare and private school?

I'm in the process of putting two children through a private, Catholic school, now. My wife and I make a modest income, so it can be a bit of a strain.

Like you, I value my children learning about religion and making friends with good kids from strong families. The teachers at their school are the absolute best.

It's a worthwhile investment, in my view, but it eats a good portion of my pay.

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Have 2 in catholic school. They started when they were 8 & 10 weeks,

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What are they getting out of Catholic school at 8 and 10 weeks?

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What are they getting out of Catholic school at 8 and 10 weeks?

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They are getting out of the house so the wife & I can tend to our full-time jobs. They also jump ahead of the wait list for pre-K since they will already be enrolled at the school.

Costs were comparable to the nurseries around us. Only difference is you pay for the year upfront as opposed to monthly like the nurseries.

Four - last one graduating from Catholic School this year. The feeling on our finances has been interesting though because we cash flowed the primary and secondary education and had 529's for higher education, so it was almost like getting a raise when they graduated high school. I don't like to add those numbers up, lol. My wife and I have been fortunate to be able to provide this for them and they did their part in high school to earn nice scholarships in college.

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We practice NFP

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I went To Catholic school and my religion teacher who taught us about NFP had to start selling real estate because he had so many kids.

It’s 100% effective because if you get pregnant that’s what G-d wants and this it’s considered a success.

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Marquette method currently,

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Steve Marquette the pull out king?

Had three in private Catholic elementary school. Started running the numbers and I just didn’t make enough to send them to highschool within the same system. We made a drastic decision to uproot and move out of state to an area with highly rated public schools and couldn’t be happier.

None. My wife is an iron lady. We had our first, while I was in college and she was a Nurse. She arranged her sick leave and vacation, for the birthing. never missed a pay check. She worked nights, and I took care of our son the first six months. Then I graduated.
After college we arranged our work schedule around a sitter, (next door neighbors teenage daughter) then later, The YMCA.
One Son is now an Electrical Engineer the other, Computer science.
Oldest Grandson is now a freshman at University of Alabama, full scholarship in Computer Science.
Not bad for a son of a "Sharecropper" from "Jigger" Fort Necessity High School, in North Louisiana.
I've been blessed.

PS. Neither of our Sons owed a dime when they graduated college.
They have been employed continuously since their graduation.

Then I retired at age 56.

2 through daycare and private preschool.

I live where I do because I can get equity out of a house but not out of a private school education.

It was a huge factor in moving away from LA. It is utterly stupid that we would have spent more than a million on 4 high school diplomas, so for that and many other reasons we moved. Save on taxes and insurance as well. I know successful people and f-ups that went through good schools and bad, private and public. I went to both and the public was far superior, I'm sure other cases vary. It comes down more to individuals - specifically the parents, students, and teachers - than it does systems or institutions when it comes to successful outcomes, in my opinion.