Well then. I would have stopped at one also lol . That's about as high as I've heard. 1000-1200 seems to be average for daycares. Im jealous of parents that have family members watch over their children for even a couple days a week.
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That's one of the main reasons we haven't left Calgary. Not for childcare specifically, since my wife doesn't work outside the house, but just the proximity and close relationships with grandparents. It's great having two sets of grandparents here, there's always at least one person willing to drop what they're doing to come hang out with a kid or two.
I feel like we have definitely lost that at 3. My parents are across the city so its not really doable most days and my parents still work. My wifes parents live the community over and they've only babysat maybe a handful of times in the past 6 years lmao. Always "busy".
I think the flip side of the convo is worth bringing up. Does anyone regret not having kids? I wanted them when I was growing up, but decided in my early twenties that I absolutely didn't want them. As much as I adore my nieces and nephews (blood and not blood), I'm stoked to give them back and be like - ok heeerrreeee you go!
I am always being asked/told - "oh, when are you gonna have kids? You should have kids, they're great. Definitely should have them because they're such a blessing. Life is so unfulfilled without kids, you should have them."
Uh no thanks. I like disposable income. I like sleeping in until 2pm. I like doing whatever the fuck I want.
Amen dannie lol
I fucking hate people like that. So high up on their pedestal. They're the ones that have th regrets, they just want other people to know the regret they feel.
I have a kid, I dont regret it, but he's an asshole sometimes and we butt heads alot. He's a pre-teen so he's always right and I love to show him why he's wrong, it works for us lol
Haha! I was such an asshole with our kids in some ways... Like even when they were super little and we would play snakes and ladders or hi ho cheerio and simple little board games, I would destroy them and never let them win! It would drive my wife nuts but I would be like "don't cry ya big baby... Learn how to play better!" Haha! To this day we are all super competitive at games and rub shit in like crazy when we win.
I don't know what kinda sadist would try to convince someone else to have kids just for the pleasure of seeing them regret it. In fact I've never had people try to convince me one way or the other. If your friends are pushing you to have kids its probably more likely that they're looking to be able to have play dates and do parent things together. After having our first it was like getting membership into a social club or AA support group lol. Friends and colleagues started confiding and sharing their experiences about their children immediately. It also becomes another go to topic for small talk. Used to be sports or weather but once someone you know has kids around the same age the small talk almost always turns to complaining/bragging about kids.
Ya before I had my boy there were a few different people that said things like that to me. We aren't friends anymore. You are right though, but there are also the people that degrade you for only having one kid.
I've had people literally say to me "you're really going to let your kid grow up by himself without someone to play with?" Wtf kind of shit is that to say.
Sorry to get a bit off topic, but there are people like that out there too.
Lol I think you misread/misunderstood what I was saying. Not directed at anyone here, these are personal experiences, I was literally replying in agreeance with her. @max_boost
I've dated women who were expressly against kids. My position is that I'm not against not having kids, but I'm not down with the idea of never having kids. I know it sounds weird, but basically if I'm in a relationship where we weren't able to have kids for whatever reason (medical, fertility, etc.), then I can be at peace with it. But I'm not okay with being in a relationship with someone where that is completely off the table.
That price was a few years ago. Kids U I think.
Bright path wanted 1300 for my toddler in the burbs
Fuck that