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Childcare can easily run over $1000/mo per child. More for infants. When my 2nd child was born, it cost us over $500/week.
by LargeWu 6y ago
Childcare can easily run over $1000/mo per child. More for infants. When my 2nd child was born, it cost us over $500/week.
- stevekemp 6y agoThis really does depend where you live; we paid €250/month for daycare for our child from the age of 1 upwards. Even having a baby is very expensive in the USA, in terms of costs for the delivery, and the very very short maternity leave available to the majority of women. By contrast we had almost a year of paid leave, and paid something like €250 for a birth - which was mostly based around the cost of the room we had for a week after the delivery.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoHow does the total fertility rate in your country compare to the US (1.78 in 2020), considering your country's pro-natalism policies?
- stevekemp 6y ago1.41 births per woman (2018).
- toomuchtodo 6y agoAlways interesting that the birth rate continues to decline even when generous benefits are provided to parents to have children (extended paid leave, cash payment per child, etc).
- andrew_ 6y agoWe're at $1800/month for an infant and toddler in daycare. Wife and I both work. Thankfully the company I work for has an HSA for childcare.
- mywittyname 6y agoExpanding low cost or free daycare is probably the best way that the state can incentivize people having children. I've also read that it serves as an effective anti-poverty measure as well.
- rayhendricks 6y ago$1000/mo per child plus needing to spend at least half a million in the desirable parts of the USA for a house are the real reasons. Got shipped because IMO this is just a bit too much money to spend.