What Child Care Costs US Families

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Reporter, Tala Salem, writes about her findings on what child day-care should truly cost the modern family in her article "How Much Should Day Care Cost Per Year?" She explains, "The median family in the United States spends $8,320 annually on center-based day care and preschool for its young children ... " Her research also concluded that US families spend more per year on infant care, as opposed to toddler care.
"[The] median weekly hours for such infants is 40, whereas it is 24 hours for 4-year-olds." She also reports on the various factors that go into day care pricing. To read the full article and her conclusion, Click Here.



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