Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on June 28, 2007 - 16:31.
From the statistics I've seen (at http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/pop8.asp for example) the majority of young children are not home full time with a parent. If you have to work, someone has to take care of your child for you, at least part of the time.
In the Northwest where I live, when a child turns 3, she or he can graduate to preschool from a pure "daycare" environment. And that's a good thing, from a financial point of view, because preschool ratios allow the cost to be considerably lower than high-quality daycare for very young children. (For example, my 4-day-a-week costs for a 3 year old will drop from $962/month to $672/month.)
expensive compared to what?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on June 28, 2007 - 16:31.
From the statistics I've seen (at http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/pop8.asp for example) the majority of young children are not home full time with a parent. If you have to work, someone has to take care of your child for you, at least part of the time.
In the Northwest where I live, when a child turns 3, she or he can graduate to preschool from a pure "daycare" environment. And that's a good thing, from a financial point of view, because preschool ratios allow the cost to be considerably lower than high-quality daycare for very young children. (For example, my 4-day-a-week costs for a 3 year old will drop from $962/month to $672/month.)