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It's that expensive. If you want to work normal hours you'll need to put your kids in private nursery. In London that's about £75 per child, per day. We were p
by aidos 9y ago
It's that expensive. If you want to work normal hours you'll need to put your kids in private nursery. In London that's about £75 per child, per day.
We were paying £1300 per month to get 2 days per week for our kids at one point. As you can imagine, working just 2 days a week it's hard to make that back. And of course, you're paying out from income you've already been taxed on.
- maaaats 9y agoI don't understand the economics of it, though. Are the people working in a daycare making millions a year or what, since each child they care for brings in a full-time salary and they care for multiple children.
- aidos 9y agoThe people working in daycare? Definitely not :-) The ratio is pretty high - like 1:3 or something. Then they need to pay for the space. Our kids went to various nurseries over the years - some better than others. The best have kitchens where they cook locally sourced produce. There's a premium for that, but honestly it's not much cheaper for ones where the service / childcare standards aren't as high. Demand is high too. We were in an area with a really high birth rate (and relatively affluent families). It was a bit of a fight to even get spaces.