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[quote=Anonymous][quote] That, or they live near family. Honestly, it's a luxury that we're able to afford to live out here on our own and make enough to support ourselves, pay for back up care when our regular is out, etc. Many don't have that luxury and stay closer to home. Assuming that a family making less than half of what we make would consider the same childcare options we do is just not realistic, so we shouldn't really be taking about a family making $60k deciding whether they can afford $26k in childcare expenses every year - they wouldn't even be in the market for that kind of care.[/quote]

That's what my SIL does...she lives near enough my in-laws that my MIL comes every day and watches her kids while she's at work.  They need two incomes to get by and pay the bills, but they would never be able to afford a nanny or in center childcare, even though the cost of childcare is much lower where she lives.  When I was in graduate school, my friend had a baby near her dissertation and her mother came and lived with her for 3 months (she was Nigerian and there was more of a cultural norm of doing this for your kids).  A lot of people who make lower salaries have two working parents but they either stagger work schedules or rely on extended family.[/quote]

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