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The cost of daycare is ridiculous these days
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:26 am
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:26 am
Am I to believe that daycare should cost more than freaking college?
My kids better be leaving this place with a fricking Master's Degree in Engineering.
Any reasonable places around the BR to Hammond area that educates children well and isn't trying to extort the masses?
My kids better be leaving this place with a fricking Master's Degree in Engineering.
Any reasonable places around the BR to Hammond area that educates children well and isn't trying to extort the masses?
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:27 am to theunknownknight
Yeah, it's frikking expensive, but I cannot imagine the insurance those places have to carry.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:27 am to theunknownknight
quote:no shite. I had no clue until my son was born
The cost of daycare is ridiculous these days
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:28 am to Bama and Beer
after reading some of the prices on the money board... i think the SAHM pays for itself
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:29 am to theunknownknight
I pay $25 a day to have my daughter watched during the day.
Starting at the end of this school year, my MIL that teaches kindergarten will be retiring to watch her full time until she begins pre-school. I'm very lucky.
Starting at the end of this school year, my MIL that teaches kindergarten will be retiring to watch her full time until she begins pre-school. I'm very lucky.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:29 am to theunknownknight
considering the liabilities that a daycare must have, yeah I'd say they should probably cost more than college
I'd kill myself if I were a daycare teacher
I'd kill myself if I were a daycare teacher
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:29 am to Bama and Beer
one kid is almost 1000 dollars a month. I could hire a nanny for that. 
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:30 am to theunknownknight
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one kid is almost 1000 dollars a month. I could hire a nanny for that.
then do it
We had an in-home nanny the first 2 years. It was awesome.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:30 am to theunknownknight
First place we had my kid in was more than my mortgage per month. It was awesome. Hot women everywhere. Wish I could have kept the dude there, but I do like to have gas in my car.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:31 am to LNCHBOX
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I pay $25 a day to have my daughter watched during the day.
where?
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:31 am to theunknownknight
quote:
one kid is almost 1000 dollars a month. I could hire a nanny for that
I have one. she's my wife.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:31 am to theunknownknight
It's a business bro, they are leveraging the basic principles of economics just like a business should. Some win, some lose.
It is what it is....and I agree that the prices are crazy.
It is what it is....and I agree that the prices are crazy.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:32 am to LNCHBOX
quote:good God I would love to have this option
pay $25 a day to have my daughter watched during the day.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:32 am to theunknownknight
Good. Hope it gets higher, too many people in this world.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:32 am to theunknownknight
A family friend that watches her from her home. She's watched my wife back in the day and lives next door to 2 of my wife's cousins. Obviously it's not a situation everyone has access to.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:33 am to theunknownknight
We're starting to look around in the Hammond area. For one kid, most places have been between $135-$200/week
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:34 am to theunknownknight
It's because of the enormous salaries the day care workers command.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:35 am to theunknownknight
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one kid is almost 1000 dollars a month
I have some friends that lived in Cambridge who were paying $3,000/mo for their kid to go to daycare.
When she found out she was pregnant with their second, they said screw this and moved a bit further outside the city.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:35 am to theunknownknight
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Any reasonable places around the BR to Hammond area that educates children well and isn't trying to extort the masses?
Look into the churches. We've had ours in a couple of the the local church childcare centers since they were 2 years old. They actually teach them stuff too so it's not just daycare. I think it's around 300 per month at the one we are at right now for 5 days/week, but that does not include aftercare.
Care is most expensive between 0-2 yrs old, in the $800-$1k per month range. Get past that and it gets better.
This post was edited on 3/3/17 at 8:38 am
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:37 am to theunknownknight
Our first daycare, I was paying more per year than my first salary. But, it was the only place with availability when we needed it. We were already enrolled with another place that we felt great about. Did multiple tours, researched it, no red flags at all. Then about a month before we were going to start, a kid the age of ours died in its crib because the teachers let him sleep with a pillow.
The place we ended up was expensive as hell, but definitely worth it at the time because after the first experience my wife was really nervous about daycare, obviously. This place was an OT baller place for sure. All food and diapers included, at least one teacher in each room had an early education or child development degree. Cameras in each room that you can watch from your phone whenever you want. We'd probably still be there if we could afford it, but it just wasn't sustainable long term.
The place we ended up was expensive as hell, but definitely worth it at the time because after the first experience my wife was really nervous about daycare, obviously. This place was an OT baller place for sure. All food and diapers included, at least one teacher in each room had an early education or child development degree. Cameras in each room that you can watch from your phone whenever you want. We'd probably still be there if we could afford it, but it just wasn't sustainable long term.
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