Around here, child care starts around $185 per week and goes up from there. Most places have waiting lists and so they can set rules that suit them. Like, parents have to keep paying when they're on vacation and Little Junior isn't attending or when day care is closed for the 4th of July week.

So that's nearly $10,000 annually for one child.

ETA: This is for family daycare in someone's house. Centers cost more.

Last edited by Val; 06/03/13 01:44 PM.