Day Care

Do you realize how much day care cost? I have 2 kids and I spend $260.00 per week for them to be in daycare. This is like having a second mortgage because I spend more money on daycare than I do on my mortgage for my house. I really don't know why daycare is so expensive because if you have an infant, you have to supply all of the food, all of the formula and all of the diapers. Yes, they do watch them all day while you are working but sometimes it is better to stay home with the kids instead of working because half of your paycheck goes to daycare. My daughter is older and does not take as much to take care of her except to provide food. Of course they play with her throughout the day but all of the other kids are there as well so they play amongst each other. The other that I do not understand with daycare is that they do not offer part time so if your child only goes one day, you have to pay the same amount as if they went for 5 days. Maybe one day the price will go down but I really doubt it because even being in a recession and people not having jobs or working less, the price of daycare is the same.