Average price for preschool? How do people afford it?

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Anonymous wrote:How do people afford pre-school and childcare? We have a nanny right now because we have a newborn and a two year old and her salary is about the same as daycare for two babies at that age. But with the two year old turning three later this year, they will need to start preschool, at least part-time. I had no idea part time preschool costs nearly 2k/month! We are in Bethesda, so no free options like DC. What do working parents do? Is 2k/month the norm?

Not the norm. We sent our kids to a variety of fun and warm part time pre-ks for 10-12 in NW DC and Bethesda areas.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like NCRC type fees (21k for mornings). My kids are at NCRC and we love it, but there are definitely cheaper options!!

[Anonymous]

My preschooler attends in a Rockville church building for under 600 a month five days a week mornings. They dont do any religious things.

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OP, people afford it by being filthy rich or by sending their kids to cheaper schools. Where we live (Kensington) part time preschools seem to cost less than half that.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly? Paying for preschool is much, much easier than paying for college, travel sports, summer programs, tutoring, car insurance, (fill in the blank) once you have two or more in the teen years.

Just learn to budget lean. Housing, food, clothing, anything that you and your partner enjoy…is now on the bottom of the priority ladder. Learn now for preschool and your life will be much easier when they get older.

I'm so sick of older moms coming on to crap on younger parents. In 18 years when the kid is in college, OP will be likely making more money too.

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My kids are in middle and elementary, and this attitude is so obnoxious. Travel sports, summer programs, tutoring, etc., are largely optional. Childcare for young kids? Not optional.

I don't think that this was a post to "crap" on younger parents. It was a lesson. Don't spend too much on preschool. But, at the same time, learn to live without that money. Stay within a budget. It's easy to say that you would opt out of all of those extracurriculars right now but, when your kid is at that stage, it will be a much harder decision.

[Anonymous]

We're rich. That's how.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly? Paying for preschool is much, much easier than paying for college, travel sports, summer programs, tutoring, car insurance, (fill in the blank) once you have two or more in the teen years.

Just learn to budget lean. Housing, food, clothing, anything that you and your partner enjoy…is now on the bottom of the priority ladder. Learn now for preschool and your life will be much easier when they get older.

I'm so sick of older moms coming on to crap on younger parents. In 18 years when the kid is in college, OP will be likely making more money too.

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My kids are in middle and elementary, and this attitude is so obnoxious. Travel sports, summer programs, tutoring, etc., are largely optional. Childcare for young kids? Not optional.

One parent can always stay home depending on their income. We had to make that choice.

Oh, FFS. No, not everyone has that choice, PP. It’s great that you did, but stop assuming it’s an option for all of us.

Why isn't it an option? Did you buy too much house?

[Anonymous]

$2k a month is more than I pay for two kids in parochial school. Sorry, that’s nuts. Find some Methodist part-time preschool.

[Anonymous]

No part time preschool should not be $2k a month! Find a church based one. Should be a few hundred a month.

[Anonymous]

Don't go to religious family daycares. They don't pay taxes, they do not get INSPECTIONS!! No specialists are gonna come to see of your child is safe.

It's so easy to create your own religion and take parents money.