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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know comparing centers to in-home daycares is like apples and oranges ... but for some perspective, at our center, if you were offered a spot now and wanted to hold it to guarantee that you'd have it in August, you'd be paying monthly tuition for that slot from now until you used it - and that fee wouldn't be applied to future tuition.  So, think 6 full months of paid, but unused care/tuition.  $400 seems very reasonable in comparison, especially if it gives you peace of mind that you have a safe nurturing place for your child when you need it.[/quote]
It's surprising that in-home daycares don't do the same. How can they afford not to??[/quote]

but most do sort of do this.

We got on a few lists. Most in-home providers don't know what their availability will be until a month before you need it. They can sometimes guarantee it if say they know some kids will be moving up to preschool in September or is a family knows they will be moving out of the area on x-date, but overall they often don't know what their situation will be. So when a spot opens they will call you and if it's a reasonable time before you need care you start paying to take the spot because the way home daycare work, if they are short a kid or two they aren't getting paid. So they always want to take the kid who can start as soon as they have an opening. We had to do this with our first daycare and paid for 2 weeks before my son actually started. [/quote]

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