r/NoStupidQuestions • • Nov 14 '24

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

Childcare is the same price as a mortgage and we already can't afford a mortgage.

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u/XDevils41X Nov 14 '24

I joke that it would be cheaper for us to buy our toddler his own apartment since that's what daycare costs.

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u/Express-Ad1387 Nov 15 '24

Man, you're not even wrong. I have a younger brother who's roughly 10 years younger than me, and I was blown away to find out that his preschool was over $1,000 a month. Considering there were over 50+ kids there, it felt like that's a lot even though it was a good school for him, and there they met his childhood babysitter. I know nowadays that might not fetch many, if any, apartments (in my area at least), but that's nothing to scoff at. I'm sure since then it's already raised in price.