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[quote=Anonymous]We live in CA with two kids (11 and 6). Our younger DD’s daycare was $1750/ month when she left it (more when she was younger). (So 21,00 / yr) That included breakfast and lunch.

We don’t have any school buses in our town so kids go to aftercare - it’s $250 / week per child. (We both work from home but can’t always get them when school gets out.) I figure they’re there about 38 weeks of the year so about $9500 per child. For summer (11 weeks) we do some travel, but if we didn’t and used camps all summer they vary between $500 to $800 per week. We do a few of the expensive ones but most weeks not. So full summer in camp would be around $6000 per child if we weren’t traveling. So I guess in care we’re looking at about $6k savings per child per year.

Other expenses have grown - we moved from a 2 bedroom 1 bath apartment where they shared a room to a 3 bedroom 2 bath; they eat more; and our older daughter plays a club sport year ‘round (about $4500 / year). Our younger daughter has been in speech and occupational therapies so $50 a week ($25 each) in copays, so about $5000 right there. Our older daughter has also been in orthodontia (palate expander followed by braces) for over a year - set cost for her treatments will be about $3500 over two years.

So I think one *could* save money (if school buses were available, you didn’t do a sport etc) but I’m realizing we don’t save what I imagined we would when daycare ended, even if you don’t consider our move. [/quote]

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