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Originally Posted by Don't Be That Guy
Now I just want to know where yinz are only paying $10,000/year for daycare. Even the moderately priced good ones around here can be $1,600/month, and I live in what is considered an affordable city. Now multiply that times two and you have to be a higher income household with two earners to afford anything.
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as your kids get older in daycare, most places (in chicago at least) lower the price a little bit. and you also typically get a discount for the 2nd kid.
when my kids were one year-olds in daycare, they were around $1,500/month. the little ones are more time consuming with the diaper changes and feedings and well, basically everything.
now that mine are 3 and 5 and potty-trained and can feed themselves and do a lot more shit for themselves, the price has come down a bit, and we get a 15% second child discount. so we're now paying ~$1,200/month for child #1 and ~$1,000/month for child #2.
it has been financially crippling over the past several years, and i bitch and moan about it often, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. my daughter starts kindergarten in 11 months, so we'll drop from $2,200/month down to ~$1,200/month soon.
and then in 21 months it will be $0/month!
YEE-MOTHERFUCKING-HAW!!!
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Originally Posted by 10023
I would never, ever want my children to have to take care of me in old age. I think the young already bear too much burden (financial and time) in taking care of the old, and that will only get worse. People should not live as long as they now do beyond their productive and self-sufficient years.
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i'm sure it's a nice peace of mind for your own parents to know that they have such a stoic defender on their side who won't hesitate to call dr. kevorkian at the slightest sign of decline.