What’s The Real Cost Of Child Care In America?
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2024
- Child care costs vary from state to state, even county to county. But there is one common thread across the country - it's really expensive. Both parents and child care providers are struggling to make ends meet with the rising cost of child care.
Watch the video above to learn about the history of child care in America.
Episodes:
00:00 -- Why Au Pairs Are Paid Only $4.35/hour
15:51 -- This School Locks Up Students’ Phones
20:54 -- Why Daycare Is So Expensive In America
43:22 -- Inside A Tech-Free School Where Tech Executives Send Their Kids
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What’s The Real Cost Of Child Care In America?
Boomers be like: WhAt Do YoU mEaN yOu DoNt WaNt KiDs
Haha, so true.
Yup my parents are upset I will not be having kids but me and my boyfriend can barely afford to financially take care of ourselves so how the heck would we ever afford a kid. Money doesn’t grow from trees and society and the government will only have themselves to blame if there ends up be a critical shortage of future taxpayers or labor. Can’t make things beyond expensive and then be perplexed 30 years later when things are screwed up.
@@xxxxMonkeyGirlxxxx stop spending money on funko pops
😭😭😭
I'm sorry, but child care is hard to come by because centers don't want to pay their workers. You can't expect someone to care for multiple kids, for 8+ hours a day and think they are going to be okay with making 14 bucks an hour. Like here, take care of what is (hopefully) the most important thing in a person's life, but we don't want to pay you a livable wage to do so. I've work as a preschool teacher, director for the Y and now a DoD child care facility and honestly, I can see why the supply is low. Some of these child care workers can make more money working at a fast food place than caring for a number of kids all day.
I don't disagree with anything you said, but it can be made cheaper through government subsidies based on income and the number of hours that the parent with the least work hours. So if both parents work full time, they get more subsidies. That's the way it works in the Netherlands.
Its really simple in my opinion. If you cannot afford kids do not have them. We already overpopulated the planet anyways.
@@Mike-dd8bd Overpopulation is a concern, but it's also a concern to have a sharp decrease in young population as the older generation depends on social security.
@@ex0stasis72 Most young people I know do not plan on having social security. The whole system will implode. Better off having no kids in this world anyways.
@@Mike-dd8bd Fear mongering. That's all that is. So social security has a major design flaw. Let's replace it with something that works, and if it needs a rebrand, so be it. That's not what I meant by "social security." I meant it had a general term for society as a whole taking care of the elderly retired people.
They keep talking about how expensive child care is, but taking care of children is exhausting, especially if you do it right. They deserve high wages for taking care of your kids. Don't want to pay it, stop having kids.
@@calitaliarepublic6753 I'm tired of paying for other people's kids. Why would we subsidize it? Parents already pay way less in taxes. They made the choice to have kids.
@@calitaliarepublic6753 At least I get something out of those things. Parents should be able to take care of their own children.
@@calitaliarepublic6753 It is far more adequate for children to be raised by their own parents than by people who are making a bit more than minimum wage, don't care about the children, and are doing just enough to earn a paycheck. The parents are going to do a far better job of taking care of children and preparing them for the world than a babysitter or daycare will. Children who are not raised by their parents or at least a family member like a grandparent or an aunt or uncle are far more likely to have the negatives things that you mentioned and far less likely to be the positive things. This is just reality and human nature.
@@AndrewMalkin I get what you mean ☝️☝️ but here's the thing. I currently work as a pre-K teacher and a children's ballet teacher. If you wont pay the taxes for the kids, then do it for me. The tuition at daycare is often 20,000$+/ year per child and there are often 100+ students and yet I make 8000$/year 😪😪.
Even if you dont like kids do it for us teachers, nannies, music/dance teachers, school tutors, and sports coaches who do the messy work of raising and keeping kids in line.
@@AndrewMalkinyou do get something out of people having kids though in 25 years their kids will be in the market working and keeping society afloat. You’ll likely be alive still reaping that benefit
The lack of affordable childcare in the US is one of the main reasons why I will never have kids while living in the US.
Or you could actually decide to TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN KIDS!!!!
@@johnp139 I don't have kids and I don't want kids because they require too much time or money to raise. I'm not complaining about it. But this is my response to those who complain about millennials not wanting to have kids. Well if you want a population to have more kids prevent the incoming problems that are about to happen to China due to the extremely low young population, then the government had better do something to incentivize more people to have kids or else the future of this country is going to suffer.
@@johnp139 Would you rather have your tax dollars go towards wealthfare for struggling families? I'd rather reallocate some of that money towards childcare subsidies relative to how many hours the parent who works the least works. The end result could be the same amount of money except that now we'd have one more person in the workforce adding value to the economy.
What about those on welfare who don't have kids? Well, presumably, they may have disabilities that may be a cause for their lack of income, and maybe the benefits that they were receiving before could be transferred to some disability fund.
@@johnp139 And isn't the whole right-wing supposed to be against welfare because they claim that it disincentivizes people to work? Wouldn't it actually incentivize more people to work if they were given childcare subsidies based on how many hours they worked? You seem like someone who would be in favor of more people working rather than staying at home.
@@johnp139 then why do ppl pay taxes if they get nothing for them?
I tell you the real reason: Karens. A lot of us 90s babies were the last generation to be left alone in the house with our siblings, pretty much raising each other. People started to snitch on us and now no one can be left alone in the house anymore without people losing their minds.
Exactly.
And untill youre 16 and get a driverslicens, youre stuck at home anyways
Yes the 2000's is when helicopter parenting started.
@@l1nus0nl1neproductions9 I don't know where you live but back in the 70's us kids used to ride our bikes all over town and meet up with other kids to hang out. You just had to be home when the street lights turned on.
@@chrissyellem7397 same in the early 2000s
@6:55 she drove by the Au Pair waiting at the bus stop to go to the same location she was heading to, identified her, smiled and kept driving to the location alone. That was wild lol I had to rewatch that part to be sure that she did that.
I was appalled by this as well.
She said the young lady was waiting at the bus stop, so I took it as she was waiting for a bus to arrive to take her somewhere rather than, she recently got off the bus, and was walking to the home.
Right tho
that part of the video i got weirded out by as it's a strange relationship to me and im not sure its mentality heathy for either party but its the first time that i have heard of it being in the usa 🇺🇸 after 1950's as in the titanic era the wealthy had servants that sounds kinda like this or maybe im miss informed
To be fair you don't know if she's headed back home or catching the bus somewhere else. Also there is a camera man, equipment and maybe a sound person or producer in the car with her filming there could have simply been no more room.
So this is essentially bringing in seasonal workers to depress wages and everyone prefers to look away.
Bringing in "worker's" that are the only ones that can do the job for the wage that's affordable. At the higher wages there won't be any jobs the parents will just stay home watch the kids themselves. Not to mention actual wage paid is just one part of comp plan. I suppose you think we should not allow woman to work as that just drives down wages? Or heck why let young ppl work that will drive down wages as well. Wages are based on marginal productivity and supply and demand of workers. Childcare has very low marginal productivity and therefore most Americans don't want to do it if they have alternative job that they can be more productive at. And because it's only ever worth the parents opportunity cost for not working only ppl with very good jobs can still afford a $50k nanny to watch 1-2 kid's. This is just the way the world actually works unfortunately.
@@Ryanandboys yes, it makes fiscal sense. Otherwise, the concept of a seasonal worker would not exist. Seasonal workers for farm jobs during harvest season abide by the exact same principles. Seasonal workers are willing to do these jobs for an unlivable wage (also yes, "affordable" for USA citizens who pay the wage) because their life prospects in their home countries are often much worse; therefore, they are desperate and easily exploited through exceptions made to the regular employment laws. But yeah, this is the way the world works right now.
@@Ryanandboys So you avoid the economic theory of supply and demand by using a loophole? The people in the USA will not work for lower wages. The businesses refuse to increase wages to entice potential workers. So instead they shaft the people in the USA, and bring in immigrants. Many of which are illegal, that the government even conveniently turns a blind eye to. Where if they refuse to work they are threatened with deportation. Usually they come from cesspools worse than the USA. As let's be honest here who would want to come to the USA that isn't from a worse country? With the exception of the ultra wealthy, or very highly skilled professionals. As rich people in the USA are the only ones who actually get to live. Unsurprisingly as the system is built to cater to the ultra rich. Most of those countries have been sanctioned into oblivion or had CIA coups or other issues. Issues that usually stem from other countries getting involved without being invited in others internal matters.
Are they coming willingly?? Yes . Most come and chose not to go back 10/15 years later . They’re citizens !! Compare them to mates they left in country of origin
They’re mostly better off .
Free housing, free stuff just to watch them damn kids for a while.
@@danielmankinde1706 au pair visa is a temporary non-immigrant visa that does not allow indefinite stay
Childcare cost so much, but the teachers get paid so low. Why is that? That should be the question
Liability insurance is expensive and gets more expensive each year. That is the main reason most companies have dropped on site daycare.
The overhead they have to pay is constantly increasing and the taxes they have to pay makes it almost impossible.
Take the two comments above and put the lack of more investments on the same area of market
Few childcare for the number of kids, a lot of taxes and costs (a few childcare centers own their own building, costs a lot to) then you have the biggest cr*p do video of CNBC trying to justify the obvious while not showwing anything meaninful about the "free" (more taxes, a lot more) childcare on another countries
@@joaop4585 "a lot more" untrue. We just spend 50% on war.... So we have less for our own people.
Their tax rates, when you include fed, state, Medicare sales and property, we pay effectively almost 40-50% in taxes.
We actually probably pay more for taxes than most countries.
@@fairytaledollpatterns7258 honeslty, i would never think that the tax would surpass the rent cost. I knew that the taxes on the US were on some astronomical level (at some states and kind of higher and others) compared to ages ago.
But d*mn, its kind sad see this big mighty bald eagle going down like this bcs of sh*t politics
I realized 19 years ago when I my daughter how expensive child care. I knew there was no way I would have another kid unless I could afford the expenses. Today's times it's much more expensive.
Exactly these days kids, dating, and marriage are for the rich
This is what America has come to, we pay our dog sitters more than our child sitter.. so so sad....
Mad?🤣🤣
Damn. You are right. I never thought of it that way.
Sad because people value animals like humans and humans like animals. Go figure
This is what America has come to, parents not wanting to raise their own children...so so sad
Americans are so scared to leave their older kids home alone. My parents went on work trips all the time and my brother and I just took care of our little sister, went to school, and chilled at home.
Actually we used to do this, but now you can go to jail for leaving your kids home alone. People will call the police if they think your children are home alone.
Other cultures usually count with grandparents and be uncles to allow women to get to work outside.
@@niamarielove that’s so true and ppl gotta learn to help or mind their own biz. Parents gotta do what they gotta do.
@@KOLAkola Exactly! Everybody wants to judge but nobody wants to help. But if you stay home because you don't have childcare then you're lazy. There's no winning here.
Yup and that’s how predators take advantage of kids
The government needs people to have kids so they can pay in for the elderly, taxes, ect. but if people can't afford kids how is it possible??.
Immigration!
We get adults that we didn't have to raise.
As long as America remains attractive to immigrants, our system doesn't need to be seld-regenerating.
@@shoshanakirya-ziraba8216 As long as people think it's a nice place.. But US lacks behind in absolutely everything except incarnations poverty and just uneducated folks getting it on with a cousin....
It's a Ponzi scheme, that's how 😅
Insert getting rid of Roe v Wade have to force the ppl to have kids. 🤦🏽♀️
In Finland, where I live, daycare is supported by the government so that even the poorest household can afford it. Sometimes the easiest solution is in front of you but still you can't see it :)
In America, individuals are responsible for themselves. Especially when they are so young and virile they can choose to have children, unlike the elderly. I don’t agree with paying for someone else’s child. People need to pay for their own kids. The states aren’t a couple million people who are mostly homogenous. I feel sorry for all the people in Finland who choose to not have kids but are forced to pay for others anyway. Im glad it works in a small homogenous country, in case you haven’t noticed the states are neither of those things.
@@msi8311 In a way, you have a good point there. I think I have just got so used to the system in place in Finland so I'm very stunned here.
But aren't children a gift from God? I bet there is a group of Americans that would have loved to have kids but they didn't do it because they couldn't afford them, and now is already too late :( In Finland people can make children whether they wish or not and in my opinion keeping money out of the picture is somewhat "healthy".
Funny thing is that Finnish women make less than 2 children each on average. So even if the baby doesn't come with a price tag, it doesn't make couples all the sudden want more kids...
And I don't think the size of a country or whether the population is homogeneous or not really matters in these social policies. I mean, look at Sweden, it's at least as diverse as USA and they have similar daycare policies as they have in Finland.
@@LlnusTechTips. That's good :)
Same here in Quebec, Canada. Childcare is 8,50$/day/child no matter what is your income (the minimum wage is 13,50$/hr) and the rest is covered through income taxes (3% of the total budget). The program have been in place since 1997 and it has been a real success. So much so, we're lacking places for children.
@@msi8311 As a child-free adult from a part of the world where affordable childcare is given, I can tell you I don't mind that some of my taxes go to raise the next generation. Most of my friends have children now (I'm 36 after all) and the affordable childcare system allows them to return to their job after their parental leave without breaking the bank. They can leave their child with the assurance they will be well cared for. Plus, countless of studies have shown that children that went to the childcare system, especially coming from poor or immigrant families, had better outcomes later in life. Their physical and mental health were better, they were better prepared to K-12 school, and they have greater chances to climb the social latter. All this means they will be less likely to be a burden to the society. For less than 400$ a year in taxes, I think it is worth it.
For the phones in schools part, my high school tried to ban phones (2006-2010) and had zero success. Almost every single student just flat-out refused to give up their phone. They couldn't do anything about it. However, almost all students were also respectful in the classroom about not using their phones. Smartphones became big in grade 12 for me, but most students still kept them away during class.
The parents wouldn't allow it either. Parents naturally worry about any threat to their children - and the worry bears little connection to actual risk. What if there is a family emergency? What if they get in an accident? Or abducted? Modern parents are used to the constant reassuring knowledge that their children can easily reach them at any time, and without that reassurance all the terrors of the world are exaggerated.
One of my teachers bought those over the door shoe organizers for people to put their phones in and would use that to mark kids present or absent from class. It worked for the majority of the students save a few who pushed back at really anything adults asked them to do.
Songs of fine for kids but they also need time to interface with people be around different kinds of people because when you get in these corporations need to know how to communicate how to express yourself mv-1 of the the family of the company and if you can't do these days because it used to phones and I have to communicate with people you don't get those fat jobs. Because I had jobs that I moved up the ladder very quickly very good communicator with people very important with companies for sometimes only been trained you if you have good communication scale skills
A reminder to keep my Pullout game strong 💪😤
Wow taking care of kids full time for starvation wages is a "cultural experience?" I guess slavery is embedded in our culture but damn.
By our culture you can only mean the human race, seeing as au pairs are a european thing and isn’t about American culture.
@@msi8311 um... What? How are Au Pairs a European thing? Is this Au Pair not literally in the US, taking care of American children? Smdh, I have no words.
@@msi8311 rofl, more than 80% of the au pairs in the world are in the US
@@saramae3145 it's in the name "au pair"
You know there are plenty of Americans who go to Europe to work as au pairs also ?
Who is affording an au pair or a nanny in real America!? Many couples have to work opposite shifts , or one just stays home because child care is expensive (it can be higher than mortgage sometimes or the 2nd highest bill in a family budget) , some have the blessing where the grandparents are retired and my keep the kids to help cut down on childcare or pick up after school so not paying for after school care.
It would help if the journalists gave more insight here. I like to see numbers. There’s always stories on struggles in “real America” and the working class, but remember that at the same time reports of the middle class shrinking and working class is growing, the upper-middle & millionaires that can afford a sub-minimum wage and an extra bedroom to a young person in need of that opportunity, are said to be growing as well. Thanks for asking a good question.
@@Maverickgouda middle class is shrinking yes but the part that's moved from the middle class has gone to to upper middle and upper class, there was additional growth in lower class but that's growing alot more slowly then the amount of new wealthy people. So it's a bit more complicated than middle class is worse off. I myself grew up in a very poor single parent household and all 5 ofy siblings and I are in upper middle class to wealthy. So there is also alot of people moving between classes though out their lives, it's definitely not static.
America is A third world country
If I have a kid I have looked at child care and au pair is maybe the only affordable solution compared to childcare facilities or nannies. It seems like maybe the only affordable option.
@@Itukaaj it actually isnt...the au pair, themselves may only be making $4.70 an hour, but you pay so many fees to the company...that the true cost is between $2200-3000 a month, depending on the company. It may be affordable if you multiple kids...but it truly isn't affordable.
this is why birth rates are declining. kids are too expensive/time consuming. the average american with job. does not have time for raising a kid. Americans biz model AKA American lifestyle is not friendly to children. However you knew these facts before you had kids. so no pitty here.
Remember when a postman could provide a middle class lifestyle for a family of 5? Wages stagnated while everything else rose.
That’s a good thing
Nah, it’s those damn millennials buying avocado toast and being lazy. Like America’s wisest woman once said, “Get your f-ing ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days.” - Kim Kardashian. 😂😂😂
My husband stayed at home for 5 years to raise our son. That gave us tremendous flexibility and I am very grateful that we could afford to do that. We figured that if we going to pay an extraordinary amount of money for childcare, my husband might as well quit his job and do it himself. He loved every minute of it. Our son is 6 now. My husband works part-time so he can get him on and off the bus.
what made you keep your husband? after he quit his job/stay at home dad? as the usa 🇺🇸 sensis says that usually that ends in being single again with the wife filling first. i figured it wouldn't work in a long term relationship based on the numbers and mathematics vs stay at home mom's/homemaker and the numbers and dad doing 40+ hours a week / high pay
@@richardprice5978 He's an awesome father and a great husband. It's a winning combination. We broke the gender norms and it worked very well for our family.
@@celieboo im glad you got it to work out for now for your family and with him and you being there for your kids it probably means that they will understand and have more of your family values ( hopefully good ones at that, as my youngest adult brother is a mess and didn't get the proper parenting experience needed and now might be to late to turn his life around for the good of citizens around him, on the brighter side it left me with questions about being a more reliable and responsible person/parent and sofar i don't have any kids i take care of in 2021 but have considered it on and off in my lifetime ) than if they were in boarding school/state hands ect. i have never seen or considered what your family is structured like as i figured it won't work or what it should look like but i have seen some people try it and failed resonting in single full time mom's ( come to think about it 🤔 kinda was raised like that as commercial construction in the winter is slow or at least were my dad used to work but mom left us/me as young child ) or giving up and going back to social norms
Your husband is looked down on by real men. That's women's work
@@joedirte716 isn't it better to have 2 parents with dad at home and not a single mom and a 21-30 year old 5th grade middle/high school dropout? with no driver's license? and or state full or 1/2 institutionalised? ect. or jail burden as a final ish out come
You would think with the low pay, they wouldn’t need to pay for room and board. Smh
$1000 a month for childcare per child!
I have 4 toddler-infant. My wife decided to stay at home cause it would cost more to pay for childcare than her income.
The kids will be better off for it. Strangers can’t care for those kids better than parents. I worked at the boys and girls club and those kids, they were not treated right by staff (I was a student volunteer in high school). The kids were punished in traumatic ways (forcing children with Down syndrome to sweep and mop the floors and punishment, I’m not saying they can’t be punished, but they didn’t understand what they were doing and used the cleaning materials to hit staff and children..). She can go back to work or school when the kids are older. Employees are replaceable, money can always be earned, childhood is a fleeting time with a lifelong impact. Choosing love and family is wise.
This is the right thing, children should be raised by their parents, not strangers. So obvious but nobody talk about
@@msi8311 Potentially the kids will be better off for it. It is nice when at least one parent can be involved in child rearing, at the same time though its usually put off on one parent typically to do most of the work. So it ends up becoming a massive source of stress for the parent who is expected to do a majority of the house work, child rearing, and house hold management. Unfortunately many couples aren't equally sharing child care responsibilities. I only say this because I'm a caregiver for 2 family members and while I'm happy to get paid for it, I think I'm dealing with caregiver burnout at the minimum and I couldn't imagine raising a child or a baby especially if someone has post partum depression on top of that. You might find the concept of caregiving and raising children from a feminist perspective of interest, its really intriguing stuff.
I'm a stay at home mom with 3 kids. I understand completely. No matter how high end your babysitter is , it does not replace mom.
@@y.peffle2802 thats sad though. This county is literally the worst country to live and raise children in. I truly pitty you
This is eye opening and I feel blessed to provide my own child care to my children.
This is what I couldn't figure out... Why people keep having kids and no one wants to parenting their own kids???
I mean technically, it's "your own kids"??
@@flyisdancing because people can't afford to NOT work. You are so out of touch
@flyisdancing I agree with the put of touch. Not everyone can be a stay at home parent. People have bills.
Same. We were fortunate to be able to afford to do the same.
I wanted to have kids in my mid-20s. Decided to delay kids to save up and find a better paying career. I've reached my goal 10 years later and now I just don't care anymore.
You dodged a bullet here buddy.
When you die alone & lonely maybe you’ll think differently maybe not 🤷♂️
@@TheSterlingArcher16 and when you die instantly in a freak accident none of that will matter. 🤷
@@TheSterlingArcher16 Plenty of old folks have children and are stuck in nursing homes because the kids don't care. Having children is no guarantee.
@@chrissyellem7397 Just cope from the types who decided familial bonds had no value, boomers who wanted to remain children forever and so abandoned their children, and so the children abandoned them in return. The deconstructors will be selected out of the population, perhaps if we are fortunate enough, before civilization falls.
We had a total of 5 au pairs. They were all lovely young women who we loved as family. We followed the rules with their hours and pay. We took them on vacation with us if they wanted, paid for cellphones, hosted their friends, and worried when they stayed out a bit too late. We’ve kept in touch with all of them since they left. I wholly support the program.
But you must treat them like family, or they may feel isolated. That’s a terrible feeling if you’re in a country and you don’t know anyone.
We pay high taxes like EU, but we end up paying all the bills anyways.
Before everyone jumps on me on higher taxes, please math things out.
If you add medical insurance, state, federal, local, social Security costs, and mandatory vacations and holidays then we are on par with most EU countries but missing all the benefits. This also depends on where you are on the poverty level. If you are upper middle to upper class then your tax rate is about the same EU, lower class is taxed at a lower rate.
Child and Health care in US is putting Americans into perpetual slavery state. We need to fix this. Biggest headache for parents is child care and higher education tuition, healthcare is the biggest headache during retirement, and social security has many holes act like black swan events that could put most Americans into bankruptcy at any point in their life no matter how well they plan.
EU childcare and universities are affordable, retirement social security is paid at min of 38% to max of 50% of wages before retirement, and if you loose your job in EU you do not need to worry too much about healthcare or childcare. We claim to be the greatest country in the world, but can you provide examples where we lead in the world?
Some of you will tell me to go live somewhere else because I'm not American enough, which is fair. But I fought and bleed for this country as a young man because I believe we can do better, and I'm sticking around to keep fighting to ensure we will do better.
You are paying for the defence contracts
Doesn't work as governments are bad stewards of money and europe is about to get demographically wasted, being envious of an unsustainable system is pointless. Not that we aren't far behind. The ideologies behind those who love government all end up farming the incapable which will lead to the downfall.
You are 100% correct in your assessment! It is amazing how easily our fellow Americans are brainwashed about the "evils of socialism and high taxes".
Go away comrad sanders
Totally agree on all points.plus,I too,fought for this nation.HOOHAH!!!
I live in rural town in indonesia and didn't spend much to raise my daughter. Because my parents in law take care of her at home, often my uncle visits to give her milk and cookies, and my neighbors sometimes bring diapers as gift. There's also plenty of neighborhood kids to play with her so she won't be lonely at home. Big cities are the worst place to raise kids. I'm so grateful to live in place where people still care about each other
In the suburbs of texas neighbors and families use to be that close .. plenty of kids to play with, I can borrow a cup of milk from the neighbor which was also my school lunch lady - play with her grandkids and my grandma would watch me and take me to work with her sometimes .. mom was a waitress, dad drove a truck on separate shifts until mom didn't have to work anymore. Halloween everyone participated and it was a blast and blue collar workers in the neighborhood were always really friendly and did their job like that had some pride In it .. not so much any more .. new culture of people started to move in and the workers are often very rude - a trash man threw a trash can at me while I was riding my bike on purpose. Rarely you see children playing , your neighbors practically deny that it's their dog when you try to give their dog back to them / outright - rude , don't speak English - blare their crappy music and Halloween in my neighborhood is practically disappeared- no one is passing out candy , kids arent roaming around - no big groups of families.. 😔 it's just not the same
Some of it is cultural. It's more common in the US to have absent grandparents. The nuclear family is glorified here. My parents don't offer us any support.
I was an Au pair in 2002 England and 2005 USA .
I was working 25 hours in England by week but I feel like more maid than Nanny. When you come the county you are on no body watching you for your safety.I had 3 different families in 2 years.
In USA I worked 45 hours but we have agencies watch for us and had lots of fun and stay with same family 2 years. I still touch with them they had 3 boys and I have 3 boys myself now.
So are we just going to ignore the fact that in the third video, the mom quit her job and is saying she now has to tap into her savings for child care...
I'm not saying child care isn't expensive, but it seems like this family's problem is that the mom quit her job and hasn't taken a salary from her new business, not that child care is super expensive. I feel like focusing on families like this detracts from actual families who are in tighter financial situations and need a lot more help.
Not uncommon for new businesses. Almost all of them lose money in their first years. An entrepreneur without investment has to shovel their savings into the new business, and hope that it becomes self-sustaining before the savings run out.
Isn’t also ironic though because maybe the mom left her job because the wage sucked and/or not enough benefits. Which is funny bc now we hear all the time that if people don’t like the wages they are getting paid they should just start their own business. But part of that reality is new businesses don’t just spit out profits enough for take home right away.
I feel so sorry for my sisters in USA. Here in singapore childcare is heavily subsidized, even privately operated. On top of that lower income families can apply for extra monetary help, that's directly deducted from the fee. I have been paying 250 per month since last 6 month. Once I get a job it will be increased to 400.
@Bal Rex and you sound bitter. Whatever works for you.
It’s interesting that despite how expensive childcare is, people who can’t afford childcare are still having Children
What’s your point? Some people have accidents, some people really wanted kids and then ended up in a tough situation, oftentimes it isn’t their fault they cannot afford to have kids. Don’t you think it is a little unfair to imply that people who are poor don’t deserve to have kids?
blame the system not the parent
EXACTLY!!!
@@rvoloshchukify if they cannot afford them they shouldn't have them. Its not a human right
@ksen333 but what about if your priced out of having children but the market? Think critically about this.
wow, this video is way longer than usual.
Think I saw some old footage from years ago on this
America is a laughing stock to the world
Look at the video description chapters- it's a combination of 4 different CNBC videos
@@BabsW 2 years later my question has been answered
@@therealdavidleong You're welcome. Video should've had "CNBC Marathon" in the title like their other videos of similar formats.
Why nothing works in the US despite so much funding in every sector? 🤦
Government bureaucracy
And socialist communist way never work
@@waheedali2429 This is happening under capitalism
Lots of reasons. For example US immigration law makes legal immigration very difficult for au pair to come to the US.
@@edwardolerma6129 time and time again has showed that the profit motive creates large capital pools that are better than the public sector.
Many factors:
1) Bloated administration - Too many employees that have little to no purpose in an organization and do minimal if not any meaningful work that benefits society.
2) Uncontrolled and Unpunished greed & corruption - in the private sector and at all levels of government. There is a lack of people in positions of power that choose to make meaningful positive changes that positively benefit society as they are outnumbered by the sheer amount of individuals that only wish to obtain money and power by any means necessary, even if it comes at the cost of hurting and screwing over their fellow citizens.
Should of been titled: Advertising for Au Pair Program
14:10 only 8-15%? I know many families that are spending 40-60% on childcare. One parent essentially devotes their entire paycheck to childcare.
Maybe they should just quit their job at that point
I was in daycare until kindergarten, then finally my mom quit her receptionist job to stay home. Childcare was more expensive than what she earned. She didn’t need to work, she simply didn’t want to stay home and raise us.
@@ling636 the handful of people I know in this circumstance are working for one of two reasons. 1 they need the insurance for their family and their spouses job makes more but doesn't provide good health insurance. Or 2 they want to keep working so they can remain employable once their kids go to school.
@@BarleeCarlee joint family can solve these problems. Grandparents take care of kids and parents can work.
Maybe they should think before having a child
For the NYC family it’s kinda harsh but seems like either they shouldn’t live in the city or the wife should take a job with salary… Neither is a great compromise but that’s the price of having 3 kids, cost needs to be considered in family planning.
Seriously, did no one add this up BEFORE it occurred? Three children don't happen by accident. Harsh but.....true
Bro just leave nyc? And have planning?
I'm confused why they are spending $5000 on housing and then another $5000 if the mom isn't working?? Why are they doing childcare if they can't afford it? What is the mom doing???
You don’t have to children , folks know the price but still have multiples and want folks to feel sorry for them .
You’re talking about kids like they’re cars or something. they are still children who require proper support and didn’t ask to be here 😂
Child care was my biggest career challenge where as the woman, I had all the load and responsibility of child care and no money if I wasn't employed which it was most of the time.
A non supporting husband can surely be career suicide.
That’s why women need to stop having kids being a single mom is a one way road to poverty
You are the parent, who is responsible for your child other than you? Dont have kids when you cant afford them
Unpopular opinion: if you can't afford to care for your own kids or to pay living wages for childcare workers you CANNOT AFFORD to have kids.
I hate how entitled people are when it comes to having kids.
Okay now that I have these kids who you say I can't afford, what do you expect me to do with them? Hide them somewhere lol
This is why things are changing if you can work remote or work from home you can take care of your kids and that will save you a lot of money from childcare..
Working remotely is helpful, however; some jobs don’t allow as much flexibility as one would think. Especially if your remote job is riddled with mandatory meetings.
@@candylove49 I was going to comment the same even if you work from home if busy you cant tend to work and kids both effectively
The problem is properly raising children is a full time job. People who work full time from home but also care for their children full time, will inevitably either neglect some work or some aspects of their children’s lives.
Exactly. I’m at risk of losing my job because I have two kids at home and don’t neglect them, so unfortunately my productivity falls. I’ve looked for affordable childcare options but most childcare centers won’t take my two under two year olds. The ones that do are almost double my salary to send them there. I can’t be a stay at home mom with no income because it would mean no food, no rent paid, no life for myself or my children.
Government could help subsidize the cost like they do for farmers but it’s clearly not a priority.
With defence budgets soaring to highest ever been, there is no need to prioritize
In my family, the cost of childcare is one parent staying home. Living within smaller means, no international vacations, no G Wagons, no lavish expenditures, but the kids are great and parents are happy. Typically the women in my family stay home, and go back to work when the children are in school. My heart goes out to my friends who are doctors, pharmacists, PhD candidates and cannot afford to pay for their student loans, homes and daycare. I hated being in daycare, I wish my parents raised me instead of strangers who would punish me if I refused to bite a child back when the child bit me.
Agree.... also disagree about doctors not affording a nanny... my sister nannies for a pediatrician and her husband is a orthopedic surgeon ... they pay her with a w2, the are multi millionaire's
@@y.peffle2802 who the hell goes on vacations? Thats wired asf to do that. Thats something only rich people do
@@rameneater1437 no, that’s something that financially RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE do!!!
@@johnp139 no it isn't
@@johnp139 i dont what type of sliver spoon you had, but thats now how the world works. Vacations are for the rich and those who dont care about living anymore. Thats just a fact, why waste your money going on vacation? Your never going make that money back. Being stable has nothing to do with it, you ignorant man
The cost of nuclear family. Traditionally the whole village will have the same surname so you can just leave your children outside because everyone is family. But due to individualism society force the children to go out of their parents home the second they turn 18 and in turn force the parents to be alone in their twilight years when that's the time when traditionally they help in child rearing too.
All these problems wouldn't stop until it's not an embarrassment for children (in most cases the first born son ) to stay with their parents for ever. Of course another reason for this to be less possible is because there's no such thing as ancestral homes and everyone seems to be renting.
It's not so black and white. You can have individualism and affordable childcare at the same time. The Netherlands is individualistic with most people putting their parents in elder care homes, and the government also provides massive subsidies not only based on income, but also based on the numbers of hours the parent who works the least works. So even if you make a median combined income, you still qualify for a pretty big childcare subsidy.
Villages don’t even exist bc a lot of people don’t even have connected families anymore. Plus there are so many weirdos even within families you can only trust certain ppl to help out with your kids.
Didnt you guys cover this already? We know. It’s expensive. Don’t get a kid.
That's my plan. Being an uncle is good enough for me.
In the words of my father “you don’t get a horse because the path is already made, you get a horse and make your own path.”
Have as many kids
I’m American but I’ve been an Au Pair in both France and Italy and there it’s normal to just get 70€ a week plus free room and board. I just did it for the summer but it was a nice experience but it’s not supposed to be a job.
@@calitaliarepublic6753 fragile much? Pathetic.
@@calitaliarepublic6753 fragile. No. It’s like a study abroad experience. Some pay yes but you get many benefits that make up for the lower pay. You’ve never done it I’m sure so you haven’t a clue.
It’s legalized slavery
I’m sure you’re talking from a privileged perspective. I bet your mommy and daddy were paying for everything else your 70€ didn’t cover 🙄
Most high schools here in Arizona have a box on the teachers desks, and the kids put the phones in the desk before class and only can get it when the teach says, also the phones on the desk need to be silent. It seems to work well in my sons high school.
Teacher isn't the boss
How about NOT having kids if you can't financially support them? Anyone ever think of that?
Where would the worker class come from then? You think the children of the rich are going to come work in your McDonald's and your sweatshops your factories and on your roads and buildings? Laughable. Everything is unaffordable now don't you understand? Everyone's car is on an auto loan. Everyone's house is on a mortgage. Everyone lives off of credit cards and or welfare. You take out loans to go to school you take out loans to help pay for medical expenses. This country let the cost of living get so out of control that every single person within our borders is living with some sort of debt. Yes even the rich. 1 in 10 people that make $100,000 a year live paycheck to paycheck in this country. It's not because they blow it all on random bs. It's because housing in the area they live and work in is that costly. You simply do not understand how economics or society works and that's depressing. This is how our country got this low in the first place. Because of uneducated people like you.
The answer is (should be) permanent immigrants from poorer countries who need the opportunity. The labor pool is there.
Maybe $4.35 an hour, but they are getting $400 a month for rent, $500 a month in food, and numerous other benefits! STUPID SKEWED STORY!!!
14:02 I wish that graph had some other reference line to it like the inflation rate.
The problem is, it's just getting too damn expensive to live in the USA...A family has to be bringing in at least 300k a year to live comfortably. And that's just enough to afford basic comforts. Food, clothing, shelter, childcare etc.
I was a student at SLZ and graduated in 2021. The Yondr pouches were a thing but most kids tended to just slam the thing on a table or hard surface because the initial magnets were weak. Ever since Covid happened in 2019, the school stopped using them.
So if childcare overall is insanely expensive, and both parents and child care providers are struggling financially...then where does the money go and who is the greedy group in between that is absolutely raking in the cash from this?
And there is the fine question and every industry in america. Where is all the money going? Because it's not going to the workers who do the work. And it keeps getting more expensive for the consumers.
No greedy group. Childcare is highly regulated (for logical reasons, it needs to be safe), which makes actually providing those services legitimately expensive.
There is no greedy group here. Child care is very costly. They have to pay for the building, the utilities, payroll for the teachers, and so on. And teacher pay in child care is pretty darned low. But if it was better, child care would become increasingly unaffordable. Also note that the teacher to student ratio is much higher than at other grades, which also increases payroll costs.
@@taylorbug9 What the USA is doing is hoping the people won't notice if it creeps it's way into the next Wiemar republic. Just take the Federal Reserve for instance. Do you understand the mechanisms in place that come with the territory? The entire thing is setup for inflation via fiat currency printing and IOU's. The people have their purchasing power constantly diminished. Who benefits from inflation? Quite simply the ones who are in the top 1-10%. While daily life becomes ever so increasingly unsustainable for the majority.
Right because workers are not seeing the money.
My friends friend got an au pair. My friend told me the girl went to a party and was drinking under age. One of her friends drove her home but got pulled over they both went to jail. The parents had to bail her out pay cost. She lost her job and went back to her country.
You guys paid $5,000 for child care but that's your fault you choose to have three for kids that's on you I don't feel sorry for you.. apparently have 456 kids expenses for it. . That's your problem..
Is this a repost and/or an archived video? The years discussed in the conclusion section were 2019-2020.
In the past, they have released long videos that are just compilations of old content. Good chance
As a person, I think that kids having less distractions in school is a good idea. However, as a parent, I want my children to be able to call or text me at any time when they need. Especially with the prevalence of school shootings in this country, I want my children to be able to call 911 for an emergency without having to try and get to a school phone.
Also, yes schools may have phones in offices and classrooms. But I was denied several times to call home when I was sick, forgot something or needed to check on my mom who had cancer. I’ll be damned if my children aren’t able to call or text me when they need to because of the school saying no.
Why would someone have children only to send them to daycare or an equivalent , for most of their young years. I thought having a child is being there with your son/daughter for most of their childhood. Plus It's expensive, I read on a New York Times article that childcare is a big portion of money going out from families to day care providers. The average cost of infant care in Ohio is $9,697 per year - or about $800 per month - according to the Economic Policy Institute, For example.
I agree. I think no job is more important than raise a child, so if you can't stay home to take care of your children, don't have children! It's very simple. Child care should not exist really because parents should look after children.
It’s a hard pill to swallow, however the only way me and my partner can afford a child is if we are both working. I understand what you are saying but some of us have no alternatives.
I agree. Our firstborn was in daycare full-time, 7am-6pm with a bedtime at 8pm, for 15 months. All that schedule leaves time for is a rushed dinner and bath with a quick story time. We finally decided to take him out and we began raising & teaching him at home. Like many others, we were afraid that one parent staying home wasn’t an option, but we took a leap of faith and scaled back on expenses, gave up our newer model vehicles for older reliable vehicles, and paid closer attention to our budget. Less money is coming in today, but we are all so much happier and thriving. The one-on-one time is also so much more beneficial for our little one. Best decision we ever made as a family imo. As parents, we are our kids’ first teachers.
@@grumpybulldog19 In the long-term that's not a great solution. First, most people want to have some sort of career - taking 12ish years off (at least - if you have multiple children it'll be longer) in your 20s-40s seriously compromises any kind of career progression. Relatedly, many people find the idea of spending over a decade doing nothing but caring for children and housework to be somewhat unfulfilling. What if you want to be an journalist? Or an artist? Or an athlete? Or a programmer? Or any one of 100s of other careers, should you just give that up to have kids?
Second, realistically, if you force people to chose, many are going to choose not to have kids. Which has larger-scale implications for a country - South Korea's fertility rate is a 0.84 per woman. The country's population is projected to more than half, with most forecasts anticipating a stagnant economy, massive tax increases and serious issues around providing care for a much older population.
Third, what if you're a single parent? Often, people don't anticipate beforehand that they'll have to raise a child alone. How should they feed themselves? Pay rent?
And this is without even touching on the fact that, whilst I've been saying 'people' most of the time, it's women. Going back to a world where a significant proportion of the female population is completely economically dependant on a male partner does not sound like a great idea.
@@MrsGarcia_x congratulations for this clever idea, no doubts you baby will have much more chance to be successful, rhe world would be better if more people do what you did.
Moral of the story. Dont have children. Or dont have children in America
In South Africa, phones are not allowed in schools so it's interesting to see this contrast to American schools
Phone aren't allowed in American schools either. When your in college, Its up to the professor if they will allow them or not. The youth in America doesn't respect authority.
Phone aren't allowed in american schools
@@socku5850 no it wasn't.
Government owned daycare in Shanghai, China is $67 per month including snacks and lunch.
Why is child care in America so difficult?
Why is healthcare in America so difficult?
Why are taxes in America so difficult?
Why is home-buying in America so difficult?
Why is streamlining legislation in America so difficult?
Why is retirement in America so difficult?
Why is social mobility in America so difficult?
Why is the political process in America so difficult?
Why is dental care in America so difficult?
Why is getting big corporations to pay taxes in America so difficult?
Why is voting in America so difficult?
Is there a pattern here? 🤔
It’s not, I’m doing just fine in all of those areas.
Yes, the pattern is that CNBC is based in America, so they focus on American issues.
why don't they tell little girls about this before puberty and before they get on the college track?
@@wystearya4347 Just pray your marriage holds up or good luck with no education and no work experience.
It’s not elitism. You create a child, so pay the cost. You can’t have affordable child care without giving workers a fair wage. My home girl has to watch 10-15 kids at a day care center for $10/hr. Make sense
should be $10 an hour per child!
It's not so black and white. Government subsidies can make childcare more affordable and also allow childcare workers to be paid fairly. And those subsidies can not just be awarded based on income but also based on the number of hours the parent who works the least works. So, a couple who both works full time can still get subsidies even if they made around the median income. That's the way it works in the Netherlands. Imagine making a combined income of $60k USD per year both full time and qualifying for childcare that costs you $3 USD per hour to a max of I think 50 hours per week. That's around the results I found when using a childcare calculator for the Netherlands converted into USD.
@@ex0stasis72 a two parent household can afford child care for a child or expect to pay for child care prior to birth. 70-75% of married American women work full or part time, while contributing total household income. The issue is more for single parents, particularly single mothers since their income typically cannot afford to maintain a middle class lifestyle. Once again, if you decide to create a child the onus is on the parents. Not tax payers or Uncle Sam.
@@Dee-ye2dk And if an individual couple doesn't want to have kids due to no universal healthcare and lack of affordable childcare, and that's a problem for the government, then the onus is in the government to fix that problem. It goes both ways.
@@ex0stasis72 not sure what that has to do with the argument. However, a middle class family can afford child care. The government already offers discounted child care, which varies state by state.
Once again, if you want a child plan ahead because it’s not cheap. Don’t rely on the government to fit the bill each and every time, because society cannot support something that doesn’t give back.
Nice deep dive, but wow, is the situation messed up.
"It's the mother's job to stay at home and raise the children!"
"Hey how come there are so many job openings that aren't being filled?!"
I live in Washington and it cost me over 2 grand a month full time and that’s not including tax. My wife had to stay home and take care of my baby girl. Child care is highway robbery. Now we have to budget.
What is so wrong with people taking care OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN?!?
@@johnp139 lol what's wrong with people working TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN???? TROLLING GEE YOU CAN'T LOOK AT ANYTHING ON THE INTERNET WITHOUT A TROLL
Due to the lack of childcare in Seattle was seriously considering opening a home daycare. However, when I was drafting up my business plan and estimating cash flow, I realized that I’d have to charge 1800-2100 with a max of 4 kids just to afford the insurance and other overhead such as taxes, an accountant, a paralegal for contracts, food, reoccurring equipment, learning and art supplies). At that rate I’d keep about $3500 after expenses which is not enough to live off of in this city. It’s no wonder we have such an enormous homeless problem.
i love the last person (UC Irvine Professor Candice) use of words. very beautiful use of language 👌
Is CNBC reposting their old videos? I've definitely already seen this video.
I didn't want a career after I became a Mom. My "career" was raising and teaching my children. My husband (father to all our children ) was the breadwinner for many years. He never complained because he loves his children and wanted the best for them. We knew an "au pair" or full-time daycare would NEVER raise them as well as we did.
How happy your privilege must make you. I’m lucky enough to be able to homeschool my kids, but I don’t brag.
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@@octowuss1118 it’s CHOICE, not privilege!
@@johnp139 not a choice if you can't afford to pay the bills without 2 people working in a household
well that’s lovely but not an option for all.
I pay 217euro for 1 child in daycare in Finland . A month. That is because both are working. When 2 child was in daycare ( both at the same time)his pay was 40 or 60 % less than the first one. Next year I think it will be around 140 euros because it will be 4 hours school prep ( which is free)+ 6 hour daycare. When she go to school everything is free.
This video reminds me paying $2400 for my kids child care while I was making $1600 from my internship per month. I have to pull $800 from my husband’s paycheck every month for 2 years. It was tough.
It is rough. That is why I waited until after residency to have a child.
The phone and tablet conversation in schools doesn't seem to be in scope of the title of this video...
You are basically bringing them on as a dependent, providing everything that you would to a child plus usually a vehicle to drive, insurance, etc. It cost FAR MORE than the $25k to $30k that you are paying them. Of course that doesn’t fit the narrative here.
All the talk about phones just reads a bad case of boomers hating on younger generations and automatically makes me not want to listen to any argument they put forward.
Child care is now going corporation. Soon to be on the stock market , just like prisions,public school foods , our farming industry, and even our homes rental an ownership.what could go wrong?
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My husband’s kid had an ‘accident’ with an au pair where his head was split open.I am pretty sure the parents were overworking her. My mil kindly stepped in to look after him and she was doing it 60 hours a week. She said his parents would come home, play with him for 5 minutes and work some more.
It's pitiful and should be regulated based on wages. People cannot work to pay for daycare. It's ridiculous.
Au pairs will still at least cost $20k.
@Mind Blown did you include the program fees? No? My math is fine. How about yours?
I would have the issue with phones because I have diabetes and use an pump so question how would they put phone away for people who has it and need there phone to check and for people with disabilities?
Other example people with forgetting disabilities will they think about that will they think about the diabetes people that need the blood count for there life’s? That the question
There are two schools within 30 miles of me plus a few more 60 miles away in the PNW.
30:51 where are you living that's costing you $5,000 a month???
That's your real problem. Your entire salary wouldn't have even been enough to pay the $60,000 per year rent.
Why have 3 babies that close together? Sucks but I don’t feel bad for them.
It’s crazy. One child in my state of Massachusetts is like $400 plus a week. Add two and that’s $800 plus. No wonder people aren’t having children or are having 1 smh
Child care is expensive in the US, Canada, and most developed countries. Answer is simple labor is expensive. Europeans claiming childcare is affordable where they live, it's probably because it's subsidized. In some way or another youre still paying for it in taxes, and that's whether or not the taxpayer even has a child.
Yes its subsidize but difference being in America- we still pay the high taxes pay for someone else's subsidies child care and living arrangements- colleges.. while they my tell people like me or my parents that we make to much money .. when we have to starve ourselves to feed our kids.. where as in other countries they pay the higher taxes and it benefits every one with the option of getting a secondary service if you so choose ..
@@dakotamabry1645 Taxes aren't high in the US in comparison to most European countries.
@@TDK2K yeah it is , you get taxes on your check , you pay a tax for your groceries.. you pay taxes on your property, you even get taxed on your goods and services.. what all is being taking out in taxes and you may get a small portion back with little trade off . We have higher cost in schooling, insurance, medical care , inflation is high and all these services no one can reasonably afford .. In the European countries the taxes maybe high but the trade off is every one bennifets from systems in place and can even get a secondary insurance.. if they so choose . Sorry but the u.s is literally taxing us to death with little provisions in return.
@@dakotamabry1645 Apart from ridiculous healthcare and higher education we generally pay much less for food, consumer goods, gasoline than much of the developed world. Cost of living, aside from major coastal US cities, is far less than where I'm originally from of Canada, where average homes in metropolis regions are over a million and gasoline prices converted to one US gallons costs over $5 usd, and almost double that price for many European countries. It's tougher everywhere right now, but there's much worse places.
16:00, It's not their property and they have no reason to take it. I'm so sick of schools stealing our property and then pretending they're justified.
Crazy I have never heard of a opeur I learned something new today
if both day care owners and employees both struggle to survive, either no of kids is too low or amount charged is less (not the case here), they show should just change the mandatory ratios of no of kids per employees
Interesting story I never heard of this before
It’s also very sad, last year a met a young girl from Mexico, she was taking care of two kids, Monday through Friday. And the family was always complaining about her not doing enough. When she found out that in here people pay between $16 to $20 per hour per one kid, She was so mad and sad at the same time. I remember she saying this world is a mess . 😔
I have had three Au pairs, all intelligent and educated women who didn’t have the money to study abroad in the US, so they came here as an Au pair because they could live with a family, have support when needed, have room and board, health insurance, food, gas and cellphone paid for by their host families. This video doesn’t present a well-rounded argument because in my experience, all of my Au pairs earned more here in the US as an Au pair than they did in their home countries of Italy, Slovakia and Brazil. I would love if someone could show me an American kid who would work as hard as an Au…sorry couldn’t finish that statement for laughing.
EXACTLY!!!
The days when Grandma kept your kids because she loved them is over. My mother is 62 and told me the other day that she still have to live her life. Never raised her own kids. 😳
Life is too short
Paying young foreign people pennies to look after a kid?....No matter how one can spin it to a cultural experience, this isn't fair. It's a relic of the past and cheap kid care, essentially.
I didn't really understand the connection between childcare access and screens in school.
A lot of parents leave their kids at school so the phone is in case something happens since they can't pick them up till later. Also a lot of people just hand their child an iPad or iPhone and that basically raises them. Fun times.
@@RachelScalfani thank you. Still, it sort of read as a squeezed in commercial for the locking devices.
How much?
I work in New York City I was the MasterChef and I they had people taking care of their children the thing that's bad about this is the person with the child 4-year the child gets very detached special child the infant to three or four years old then the person is gone then somebody else comes to work what this does is make a child very insecure and they always wonder what is the people leave and didn't they not like us you know so they automatically feel the person not much there that's the downside of it and that's not very good because two children to never expect to be whole and to be able to count on someone so they just never have that capacity to ever trust
Yes. I had ambivalent attachment to my mom because I was with strangers at daycare a lot of the time. I remember hugging her and begging for her to not leave me at daycare. Then when she comes to pick me up I run from her, I don’t trust her to drop me off and I don’t trust her to pick me up. My mom could have stayed home but didn’t want to, she wanted to work as a medical receptionist instead of be a full time mom. Maybe it was a good thing for her, but my brother and I are still affected by her obvious attitude that we were burdens and took away her life.
I hope that English isn’t your native language.
I have my daughter I used to take her out of school get her homework and we spend the day running around doing nothing the other thing I did I used to tell people with the children always so our house this is our house our home at the time because when you tell kids this is my ear home this is your place and we are a family makes a big difference come to respect the home because it belongs to them too and they don't become teenagers where they go in that people tear up their home
Because you're paying someone else to do what mother's used to do.
You gotta be rich enough to afford college tuition for your toddler, make little enough to receive assistance, or give your child to someone's interpretation of Jesus to get childcare in America.
How about JUST CARING FOR YOUR OWN CHILDREN?!?
@@johnp139 amen, if only we all had that luxury
@@commoderunner you do, its called not having kids when you cant afford them
... meanwhile, au pair here in Australia earns min. of $30 per hour... higher if you speak French or Mandarin. We also have free daycare services.
no offense to western culture.
in here grand parents or relatives really help with the kids even with parents work both jobs. even you have a place on your own or you live in your parents or etc.
now what i see "is the cycle". the kids grow up seeing this thing, the way you interact with your parents , relatives.. there are some pros and cons. but its up to you.
i know my english is bad.
Nowadays the grandparents are still working too. Or too disabled from throwing their life away to American capitalism.
Assuming 1. The grandparents are healthy enough themselves (my grandmother is in her 80s and dealing with dementia and needs someone to take care of her). 2. The grandparents or relatives don't have to work to take care of their own financial needs. 3. The grandparents or relatives live in the area (my grandparents lived in another country the majority of my life). or 4. They are still alive.
Multi generational households are rare in American families.
People have children later these days.
People used to have children in their twenties, so the grandparents would be in their 40s or 50s. Today the grandparents are more likely to be in their 50s or 60s.
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What about day boarding school if day care not affordable.🤔
I give parents a month to do what they gotta do to get right ✅ 💯 If they pay me after its accepted if not at least I know I helped the community I'm in . Some just need a little help and yes I've taught ESL naturally . We really need to help each other.
Wages like those should be illegal. Crazy! 🤯