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These numbers are nonsense. No one who isn’t upper middle class is paying $12,000 a year for child care where I live per child. A parent would stop working to r
by geraldwhen 4y ago
These numbers are nonsense. No one who isn’t upper middle class is paying $12,000 a year for child care where I live per child. A parent would stop working to remove that cost, which would also potentially reduce housing and food costs by way of a dedicated house cook and maintenance person.
We have many family friends via the kids where the wife stays home largely to reduce costs and handle the house and kids.
- dionidium 4y agoYes, of course what's really happening is that people are relying on off-the-books childcare via informal networks that don't get included in these numbers. We spent $14,782 on child care for one child in 2022, but it's hard not to notice that the parking lot during pickup is full of Audis and BMWs. Wherever poor people are sending their kids, it's not there.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago> A parent would stop working to remove that cost, which would also potentially reduce housing and food costs by way of a dedicated house cook and maintenance person. What? I know of no homeowner in the US, even earning multiple hundred thousands per year, with a dedicated maintenance person or a house cook. Even working two jobs, most couples can manage to cook meals and take care of the house.
- geraldwhen 4y agoThe stay at home parent fills that role.