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ucnskids.org is 2 days a week only. Again, ok for SAMHs, not suitable for working moms.[/quote]

That's for the 2's class.

For the 4 yo class, my friend has her 4 yo in the T-Th class ($565) and the M or T mixed year class ($190).  So she pays $755 for the month for the 4 yo.  Her 2 year old (about to turn 3) goes M-W-F for $505, about to go down to $485 for the month.

I can assure you that my friend, a working mom does find it suitable.[/quote]

Does your friend work on Tuesdays and Thursdays like the rest of us?[/quote]

Not quite.  As I said, she works 4 10 hour days a week (flex week schedule) and takes Tuesdays off.  Her mother watches her son on Thursdays.  Alternatively, she could have worked Thursdays and had her 2 year old son in the mixed age class with his brother for another $190.  Then he would have been $695 per month for 4 days a week daycare.[/quote]

So what is your point exactly? Yes, people who have flexible schedules can pay for less childcare. People who have grandparents who sometimes watch their kids for free can also pay less in childcare. [/quote]

The point is that you don't have to pay $28K to have your child in daycare in this area like the one person up-thread suggested.  The point is that the true middle class makes choices between compromises because it's what they can afford.  Yes, maybe they can afford more than $10K a year.  Maybe they'll make compromises and spend as much as $15-18K per year (up to $1500 per month), but they aren't spending $28K per year as the one person suggested.  And the true middle class does not make $350 or even $250K per year.[/quote]

Yes but you have to be creative, have help, move to very specific areas and then hope you get in.  Clearly there are not enough $10k year daycares to go around.  There are a lot of factors to consider when choosing a daycare other than cost. For instance, a cheap daycare in PG county might not work if it’s only open 730-530 and you work in VA.

But yes I know a couple moms who just stopped working when #2 came along because the childcare costs were more than their salary.[/quote]

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