Reply to How much do you spend on childcare monthly?

Forum Index » Money and Finances

Reply to "How much do you spend on childcare monthly?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I pay 1,684 in NE DC/Hyattsville for 2 kids: a 4 year old and a 6 month old.

There is a child care deduction, but it's not very much.  If your work offers the pre-tax dependant care account, you can put up to $5,000 in it pre-tax to lower your income.  That's always the better way, if available.   I just wish they didn't cap it at $5,000, because that's only a small portion of what you actually have to spend.[/quote]

Why so much less than the other posters? Is the daycare center decent?[/quote]

Yes, I love the center - Heritage Learning Center in Hyattsville (right on the NEDC border).  My 4 year old has been there since he was 6 weeks old, and my infant started when he was 10 weeks.  They have a great pre-school program.  They have weekly Soccer Shots lessons (elective), Spanish and Mandarin Chinese classes and the teachers are wonderful and have been there a long time.  They are a smaller non-profit center, so their costs are lower than the big for-profit centers.

Sorry though, I did make a mistake above, I actuall pay $1,720/mo

http://www.heritagechildcare.org/

St. Anns, practically next door to Heritage, also has about the same tuition rates also.  Not sure about the nearby Rheema and Our Redeemer
  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics