Tip of the iceberg. It was going on before Covid (where I live) and has only worsened with labor shortages and the fact day caregivers are in that band of labor

Tip of the iceberg. It was going on before Covid (where I live) and has only worsened with labor shortages and the fact day caregivers are in that band of labor that has inflated a lot in recent years. Also, daycares are hard to shop. If you send your kid to A, you likely will recommend A but you have no idea if B is better or worse. Staff and leadership tenure is the best correlation we found after having to change centers 4 times, you really don't want to have to go through that and it's tough on the kid too. Unfortunately, tenure is a weird metric with everyone changing jobs so much lately. Glad to be out of it but having them go on an academic calendar is a challenge too.