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>> Ratios of caregivers to children were greater than five-to-one in the observed hunter-gatherer groups, whereas in UK nurseries each adult is responsible for
by morsch 3y ago
>> Ratios of caregivers to children were greater than five-to-one in the observed hunter-gatherer groups, whereas in UK nurseries each adult is responsible for numerous children.
> There is now way you can pay for these kind of ratios.
As it turns out, 5:1 is the legal limit for pre-k (age < 3) daycares in most of Germany, and the average in 2020 was 4.1:1. For older kindergarten kids, it's roughly double.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betreuungsschl%C3%BCssel https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betreuungsschl%C3%BCssel
The government seemingly pays about 40 billion EUR per year for pre-school childcare; participating parents, depending on their income, pay up to around 250 EUR a month (+50-100 EUR a month for meals). All of these figures are very rough, but should be in the right ballpark.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y agoThe ratios you mentioned are 1 caregiver for 5 children. The ratios in the article for the societies they studied are 5 caregivers for 1 child.
- morsch 3y agoWow, okay, that hadn't even crossed my mind. I see your point, then.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoNote that the 5 caregivers per 1 child also contains a chain of older children, each looking after one another. You take those 5 kids, and put them in school from ages 5 to 22 or even 26, obviously, there is going to be a dearth of labor supply. The gain is those older kids in school gain financial freedom (especially the girls) rather than having to take care of younger kids. But the cost is still coming into view (not that it isn’t worth it, but we are in for big changes).