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Sure, but we're not talking about an additional place here or there. When people say childcare they tend to mean professional daycare, no? That's very much peop

Sure, but we're not talking about an additional place here or there. When people say childcare they tend to mean professional daycare, no? That's very much people bottlenecked. But if immigrants are more fertile than the locals, which they usually are at least for a while, then if the Economist was right about immigrants being well employed in construction jobs and hairdressers such, you'd expect an sudden influx to put more pressure on childcare, not less.

JumpCrisscross 8y ago
> When people say childcare they tend to mean professional daycare There is a professional daycare on my block. I see the lady who runs it at our corner coffee shop from time to time. Her kids were in there with everyone else’s. (This was a point she marketed.) She’s an immigrant from Kenya.
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dvdhnt 8y ago
> When people say childcare they tend to mean professional daycare, no? Negative. As a child, of a poor family, my childcare was some combination of aunts, cousins, and family friends. As a parent, while in the military, we often used professional childcare in the form of a daycare. Now, as an engineering, our nanny watches our children along with her own children. So, personally, childcare has rarely referred to professional childcare.
kbenson 8y ago
> When people say childcare they tend to mean professional daycare, no? No, not necessarily. It's more about availability. Even if you do assume it's "professional" childcare in some manner, it's one of the easiest small businesses to start. The regulations are strict, but the requirements are cheap beyond location and food. My wife ran a daycare out of our house for a short period when our children were small, as it was more cost effective than having two children in daycare elsewhere.
cobookman 8y ago
The Israel kibuttz model would worK for many.

JumpCrisscross 8y ago

> When people say childcare they tend to mean professional daycare There is a professional daycare on my block. I see the lady who runs it at our corner coffee shop from time to time. Her kids were in there with everyone else’s. (This was a point she marketed.) She’s an immigrant from Kenya.

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dvdhnt 8y ago

> When people say childcare they tend to mean professional daycare, no? Negative. As a child, of a poor family, my childcare was some combination of aunts, cousins, and family friends. As a parent, while in the military, we often used professional childcare in the form of a daycare. Now, as an engineering, our nanny watches our children along with her own children. So, personally, childcare has rarely referred to professional childcare.

kbenson 8y ago

> When people say childcare they tend to mean professional daycare, no? No, not necessarily. It's more about availability. Even if you do assume it's "professional" childcare in some manner, it's one of the easiest small businesses to start. The regulations are strict, but the requirements are cheap beyond location and food. My wife ran a daycare out of our house for a short period when our children were small, as it was more cost effective than having two children in daycare elsewhere.

cobookman 8y ago

The Israel kibuttz model would worK for many.