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Good luck finding daycare quickly if you find a job.

• gnicholas 3y ago
  The market for child care seems to have tilted in favor of families ever since CA started mandating pre-k in the public schools. This has had the effect of gutting local preschools at the higher grades. I also wonder if the recent layoffs have affected the market for childcare. I definitely know some tech folks who are at home with their kids now.
  • bmitc 3y ago
    Most daycares have waitlists well over a year and cost more than rent and mortgage payments.
    • gnicholas 3y ago
      “Most”? Perhaps in NYC or something, but not in general. We never paid close to rent in daycare costs. Perhaps that’s because we live in SV, where housing is expensive, but I’d again assert that “most” daycares do not cost more than the rent/mortgage payments of the families that go there.
      • bmitc 3y ago
        Daycare in my area hovers around $3,000/month.
        • gnicholas 3y ago
          Wow! For $3k/mo you could hire a nanny or babysitter pretty much full-time (which is more expensive than daycare/preschool, since it's 1-to-1). Our base rate (in Menlo Park) was around $1,500/mo, but if you added extra hours (past 1 or 2p) then it was more. Presumably someone who is laid off and wants to hold their spot would stick to the minimum hours both for cost reasons and so they could spend more time with their baby/kid. Out of curiosity, what do mortgages cost for families who attend these daycares?