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Can you speak to how expensive? I'm trying to gauge childcare costs in the area and there's not a lot of transparency out there...
by Rafuino 3y ago
Can you speak to how expensive? I'm trying to gauge childcare costs in the area and there's not a lot of transparency out there...
- lordswork 3y agoI've heard from colleagues that it's about as expensive as rent in the Bay area.
- kajecounterhack 3y agoThis is correct. Our rent is about the same as childcare
- viraptor 3y agoThis feels like a good average globally, right? You have multiple staff per room (hopefully!) + admin staff + cook who need to pay their own rent+spending, then add the costs+mintenance of the daycare itself. Unless government-subsidised, I'd expect the daycare costs to be in the same ballpark as the local rent.
- kajecounterhack 3y agoIn this world where rent is your dominant monthly cost, totally agree. The teacher student ratio for infants here is 1:3, honestly it should maybe be more. Would be nice if rents were a smaller total of our living expenses though. Everyone would have more breathing room.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 3y agoWow. Might as well rent a place for the grandparents and have them take care of the kid. And if you have two kids, it would be a huge savings. Something seems broken about the economics here.
- kajecounterhack 3y agoAssuming grandparents are local or unemployed and willing to move. And willing to do the work (maybe including food?) Labor aside, a 2 bedroom in Mountain View is quite expensive and doesn't come with learning materials, toys, classmates, etc.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 3y agoI mean, learning materials can toys can’t cost that much, and classmates would just make the savings even better…
- kajecounterhack 3y agoClose to 4k for under 2 yrs old. Bottom barrel places are 2800 for infants
- tehlike 3y ago~$2900
- hadlock 3y agoChildcare is universally the cost of a medium quality 1 bedroom apartment in a safe neighborhood, just about everywhere in the US