Daycare costs in the US: Millennial paid $22,000 last year for one kid

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Meet a millennial mom who paid over $22,000 for daycare last year — and had to quit her job when her second kid came along: 'We don't really have a village of any sort'

"All of our family lives in another part of the country as well," Peterson said."We don't really have a village of any sort. Like when our kid gets sick and we have to go to the urgent care at night, it's just us. When I went into labor with my daughter, we frantically were calling all of our friends seeing if anyone could come watch our son." Even with all of the challenges she faces as a millennial parent, Peterson said she finds immense joy in having children.

"Anyone who tells you that like, 'Oh, you can just fit a kid into your life' — they're lying," Peterson said."That's not how it works." When her family rented a home, she said, her childcare costs were more than rent. It was like"paying for an additional house just for our son to go to daycare."

 

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