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[quote=Anonymous]Nannies have never been a possibility for us, as much because of space as money. We definitely can't afford the $40K/yr that some of our friends pay for their professional nannies, but we could probably do a nanny share or an au pair. The problem is we don't have room for either, and we just haven't had the luck of finding a nanny share where we wouldn't be expected to host at least one day a week.

Childcare is such a dividing line. We've struggled since I was first pregnant with childcare. Struck out on finding a share, struggled to find daycares, struggled to find reliable sitters for one-off things, etc. It's the number one thing I talk about when people ask what the hardest thing about having kids is. But it's interesting how many people will look at you like you're crazy when you say this. They either have money or are lucky in other ways (like having a basement apartment in their house in which to host an au pair). The idea of struggling literally for years to find and then afford reliable childcare is so foreign to them. It makes the conversation around fixing childcare in this country really hard. People who don't get it... just don't get it.[/quote]

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