Erm... not really an option. We're one of the few families that has the full day option. Most of the parents pick up their kids at lunchtime, or midafternoon. Some of them have the nannies they've hired to pick the kids up.
There are some pretty tight restrictions and regulations on child care in the state (one of the reasons why it is so expensive in general here), so the center based care is actually the cheaper route in almost every case. Paying the salary and benefits and taxes of a fully licensed caregiver, even shared, is more expensive, unless you bend/break the laws by going with an unlicensed provider or exceeding the caregiver to child ratios.
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Date: 2014-05-19 05:29 pm (UTC)There are some pretty tight restrictions and regulations on child care in the state (one of the reasons why it is so expensive in general here), so the center based care is actually the cheaper route in almost every case. Paying the salary and benefits and taxes of a fully licensed caregiver, even shared, is more expensive, unless you bend/break the laws by going with an unlicensed provider or exceeding the caregiver to child ratios.