Most people can’t afford this and a lot of people have one parent stay home instead of doing daycare. Others have family members watch the kids. I also live in an area where a lot of places still pay the federal minimum wage of $7.50/hour (although many have had to move into the $9-$12/hour range to attract any employees) and daycare runs about $3.50 an hour on average. A huge percentage of the population in my area qualifies for the state to pay 100% of their daycare costs, especially single parents, since wages are so low. The rest have one parent stay home, use family as sitters, or some even hire a private nanny for less than sending their kids to daycare costs.
Most people can’t afford this and a lot of people have one parent stay home instead of doing daycare. Others have family members watch the kids. I also live in an area where a lot of places still pay the federal minimum wage of $7.50/hour (although many have had to move into the $9-$12/hour range to attract any employees) and daycare runs about $3.50 an hour on average. A huge percentage of the population in my area qualifies for the state to pay 100% of their daycare costs, especially single parents, since wages are so low. The rest have one parent stay home, use family as sitters, or some even hire a private nanny for less than sending their kids to daycare costs.