Americans Aren’t Making Babies, and That’s Bad for the Economy

Re:Americans Aren’t Making Babies, and That’s Bad for the Ec... by thorwasdfasdf on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @12:13PM (#23988404)

And a lot of regulations make it worse than it needs to be by limiting number of kids per classroom/teacher, it just drives up the expenses even more.

Here in CA Daycare costs 1800$/mo and 3000$/mo in SF. Out in Houston, where the standard of living is much higher, I hear it's only 600$/mo.

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Re:Americans Aren’t Making Babies, and That’s Bad for the Ec... by chomp on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @02:37PM (#23990128)

You get a range of options, and it definitely depends on the age of your child.

$700-800/mo is about what I'd call the middle of the road for childcare here. You can pay less and get a sketchy center that basically gets your kid a bare room and an oversized class for 8 hours, or pay more for really premium preschool with cooking classes and such, or montessori for closer to $1200-$1500.

Children to teacher ratios do seem to be lower in California, which is probably what is (partially) increasing those costs.

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