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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. Seems like both parents who outsource the childcare, is quite the luxury that few can really afford. What happened to extended family and friends who could help you out, more as a favor?[/quote]

Wow, it went there?  Our closest extended family lives 250 miles away in either direction.  Honestly, I sometimes wish DH and I could move to be closer, but unemployment is 10% in my home state and while I could find a job, I don't think DH could.  And, all of our extended family (parents, siblings, aunts and uncles) either work FT, or are taking care of their own kids, or otherwise could not be expected to provide reliable, consistent, FT childcare.

Outsourcing childcare is a luxury for some and a necessity for others.  I am one of the PPs who makes WAY less than the OP and I pay my nanny what I think is a fair wage with benefits.  I work part-time so I can be home with my kids as much as possible, but I make twice per hour what I pay our nanny, which means that if I opted to stay home instead of working we would lose a very significant amount of income.  We are fortunate to be able to make choices like this; I truly worry about friends who ALSO have no local family support and who MUST work and who struggle to make ends meet due to the high cost of child care.

And I DO have a network of friends who can help out, as a favor.  Sometimes one of them watches one of my kids for a couple of hours so I can go to the dentist alone on a day off; sometimes I have their kids over for a play date so they can run an errand or two.  But I cannot imagine how close I would have to feel to someone to ask them to watch my children for 9-10 hours for free.[/quote]

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