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In Australia, I find the Childcare is interesting. Federal government subsidises childcare significantly, like 90%. But commercial real estate hunts out childc
by _carbyau_ 5y ago
In Australia, I find the Childcare is interesting. Federal government subsidises childcare significantly, like 90%.
But commercial real estate hunts out childcare providers like gold mines because you can't move your childcare to just any building. At a rough guess, $20 a day of almost every child placement is going to the landlord.
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- actually_a_dog 5y ago> you can't move your childcare to just any building. What do you mean by this?
- nibles_and_bits 5y agoPresumably, the children need to be kept in some sort of detention center. We are talking about Australia a former penal colony after all. /s
- _carbyau_ 5y agoWell, the needs are similar even if the reason is different. Parents want to know their kids will not go wandering, so yeah, it very much is a "detention" centre in the sense the kids will be detained there until pickup. If you've ever been to a daycare centre... it pretty much is a prison. For little kids. With hopefully caring guardians and an exercise yard. :-P And if you've ever known a 2 year old, some of them can be little sociopaths at times.
- _carbyau_ 5y agoSay you want to start a childcare business. You can't just run it in any old shopfront. Some kids match their parents 40 hours a week. So there are standards regarding kids in daycare, including the requirement for an outdoor space for play. Now this can't be achieved in all cases but you better have a good reason. And if your competitor has an outdoor space you know where parents are likely to take their kids first. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/providers/regulation/Pages/waiversoutdoor.aspx https://www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/providers/regulat...