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McJumpington t1_j5tam08 wrote

My kid’s daycare was so excited to potentially close and still charge us money… poor them.

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HotDamn18V t1_j5tg0ai wrote

Same. Every day it's "we need 7 volunteers to stay home today and pay us", which I get, I guess, but they had this teed up at like 6PM yesterday so you know they were salivating over it.

Edit: I creeped through your post history. Pretty sure our kids know each other haha. You're basically me.

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McJumpington t1_j5tsuzx wrote

It’s the worst! I think volunteers should get credit amounts of at least half day fee applied to next week charge. Just burning money is aggravating.

We volunteered a TON, but now it’s just too much cost to keep doing.

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HotDamn18V t1_j5twu2g wrote

Same. My kid already only goes 3 days and being that we work from home, we've volunteered several times. I try not to be mad at them though. Not having staff blows and those teachers are paid only a fraction of what they deserve.

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McJumpington t1_j5u15fq wrote

I’ve considered approaching one of the teachers and offering under the table money to be our personal sitter lol. They honestly should be paid great for the amount the center charges and how wonderful many of them are.

I’m sure there’s far more overhead costs I’m not aware of….but I also know there is a successful daycare closer to me that only would cost 2k a month for both kids…. The waiting list is stupid king though. I should be able to get my son in the toddler class around the time he’s in 7th grade

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HotDamn18V t1_j5u32fx wrote

Yeah. My kid will be going to Kindergarten before too long here so I'm not willing to rock the boat or change anything. But yeah, I'm excited for "free" childcare, despite my angst about him getting older.

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HurdlingThroughSpace t1_j5v0vjp wrote

Wait, so you guys pay for daycare and they still ask volunteers to work for them? Despite being paid? A lot I might add…I fail to see how this is acceptable.

I don’t have kids so I may be ignorant to the details behind it all. I’d be pissed if they asked me to work for free despite my paying them for a service. 🤔

Just saw the post below, I see it is in fact absolute BS lol

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HotDamn18V t1_j5v6r9f wrote

No, not volunteers to work. They're asking families to volunteer to not send their children that day to maintain a legal or practical student to teacher ratio. These kids then stay home, but because of how these places operate and need to pay their teachers and other personnel, you get no discount or anything. You'd just eat the cost.

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HurdlingThroughSpace t1_j5v6wkm wrote

Ahhhh that makes way more sense. Hmm still frustrating none the less

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HotDamn18V t1_j5v75bf wrote

Yeah but it's hard to blame anyone. What should happen is free early childhood education for families subsidized by the government.

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moosedenied t1_j5tmv4b wrote

As a non-child-having individual, I have to say...

WHAT?!

How can they do that?!?!

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McJumpington t1_j5trb32 wrote

Daycare is the biggest bullshit necessary evil.

I pay around 3k a month for my two kids. Here are some of the joys....

  1. Kid gets sick- they aren't allowed to go (I wouldn't want them to anyhow). But there's no fee drop... so if my kid stays home 4 days one week, I still pay for all 5.
  2. If I go on vacation, I can't pay a holding fee....it's just the standard amount. Meaning if I take a 1 week vacation with my kids, I have to basically throw $700 in the trash. I get nothing from it.
  3. If the center has workers call off, they ask for volunteers to stay home....you do not get any money back for this so they basically are asking you to throw away $75-150 (1-2 kids). If nobody volunteers they have a lottery system to pick a loser that gets childcare yanked away from them unwillingly.
  4. If staff is sick and unable to come in to a large extent, the room is closed for the day and I have no option but to not take my kids....I do not get reimbursed any money for this.
  5. If I am late picking up my child they charge $1 per minute. This isn't too crazy and it's never happened, but ....for all the other money they scalp from you...this shouldn't be needed.
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8KUHDITIS t1_j5tuyd4 wrote

I should start a daycare and under cut everyone by making it 2500 a month. And if the kid doesn't show you jst pay 75% of that days fees, 75 cents per minute if late..

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McJumpington t1_j5tvdng wrote

Sign me up !

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peon2 t1_j5twc11 wrote

Well now hold on a second. You haven't heard about MY new daycare that charges $2250 a month, and if the kid doesn't show up you just pay $45% of that days fee, $0.50 for every minute late.

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full_moon_alchemist t1_j5tzvc1 wrote

But you haven’t heard of my day care yet! It’s completely free!! I just get to use your kids for free labor on my farm. Bring your own band aids.

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maya_star444 t1_j5us3aj wrote

Wow! From an outsiders perspective, this seems asinine. So if you’re kid is sick and can’t go to daycare, you’re still obligated to pay…but if one of their teachers is sick and can’t accommodate, you could be chosen to keep your child at home while still paying ?! Are all the daycares like this ?

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McJumpington t1_j5usoil wrote

Some daycares give you a handful of sick days, where they won’t charge if you can’t come…but it’s usually limited to a few days.

The biggest issue is you can’t really shop around as a parent. I had to call over 24 daycares in the area to get one without a 1-1.5 year waiting list. It’s also a 25 min drive for us which sucks…. But it’s what was a available.

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