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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Caring teachers who will provide continuous positive interaction with your child are more important than curriculum and toys. If the 2nd choice is also clean & safe, I would go with that.[/quote]

This. My kids are in a church preschool. The oldest's teacher just got her degree, but she's been working with kids for 30 years. She was an amazing, amazing teacher. Some people just have it. A degree doesn't guarantee that. [/quote]

Yes, there is no guarantee that the more expensive place is worth the extra money.  However, the one time I enrolled my child in a daycare that was significantly cheaper than others in the area -- almost half the price! -- it was a truly terrible place.  The salient point is that OP feels confident in the caregivers she has now.  Sure, sweet, loving church ladies who like kids and give them lots of outdoor time and read books would be great.  But there's no guarantee that that's the case.  Instead, you could get a dark basement, with blocked fire exits, angry minimum-wage workers who dislike kids, unprofessional management, and constant illegal ratios, that essentially mean your kid is warehoused for 9 hrs/day in a windowless room.  [/quote]

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