well there is no public preschool i don’t think so they didn’t have many choices there and the public schools aren’t great but that depends greatly on what area you are talking about just like an major metropolitan area.

When I became pregnant with (very unexpected) twins, I started shopping for childcare. Then I realized that the cost of putting them in full time care was going to be more than my salary. It was getting close to $3000. I never, ever thought of my self being a SAHM. But there it was. my career still has not recovered…

Yeah, to echo what other commenters have said, that is not a crazy expensive day care, sadly. I live in the LA area and if you can find me a full time day care that costs less than 1k a month and is licensed by the state, I would kiss you on the mouth. The one we’re on the waiting list for costs $1300 a month and it’s…

But they won’t have to mix with poors, duh.

I worry about it (we’re not having kids) because we’re losing so many awesome people who either have to move away or end up staying home once they crunch the numbers because when you factor in commute times...it’s all a cluster. So lots of people end up going private so the kid can be in a school closer to mom or…

LA pub schools are pretty bad, I know I have my kids in one that’s rated a “10" on, what’s it called, Good Schools. Everyday I ask myself, “If this is a 10, what’s a 6?!”. This year the booster club asked for $750 per kid to help the school make up for short falls in the budget, to provide music and art classes for…

I lived in SF and one of the biggest reasons we moved away was that our neighborhood school was terrible and private school would be $1800 a month. We were prepared to swallow hard and do it but then our rent went from $3200 to $5000 a month, and it was like, fuck this.

Yeah, I’m not a parent but in talking to my coworkers with kids it sounds like any accredited/licensed place = $$$. It’s just how it is? We also live in a criminally expensive area so I get that plays into it but having children increasingly feels like something only the 1% can afford.

Yup, paying well over $20k/year for infant care in a DC area center. We can swing it for one, but I’m not sure what we’ll do if we have a second kid. There are cheaper options, but they would add significant commute time and/or have a higher sketch factor. Ugh.

I have a client that has two kids. They’ve been in private school since pre-school. By the time they graduate high school he will have spent about $850k on their education in tuition alone. Private school in L.A. is insane.

Yep. Totally normal price. It’s why I’m stuck at home right now till I find a job that pays enough to put my kid in care. It’s a balancing act.

The state caused this with their emergency manager. Penny wise, pound foolish I guess. State should pay for pipe replacement, their EM and MDEQ ruined the pipes.

I find it extremely fucked up how my beloved dog had the right to be put down, but humans have to die miserably.

They’re going to get it from the people of Michigan, and most likely from pension funds, especially teachers. Snyder has done everything he can to union bust and strip benefits from retired teachers since he was elected, and this is basically a golden opportunity for him. HE fucked this up, and now everyone in…

I’m having a medical issue right now and because I’m morbid and a planner, I re-did my Medical POA to my (long term, live in, own a house together) boyfriend rather than my dad (who lives 8-10 hours away). I updated to include no feeding tube and a DNR, then called my dad and updated him, very explicitly saying “I…

Michael Schiavo was treated horribly and got the worst raw deal when the fucking congress intervened to collude with Terry’s parents’ denial and he was straight up demonized in the right wing press. It was monstrous how this whole thing was treated like a political football. I had to stop watching. There was something…

YOUR HUSBAND WAS THE PRESIDENT YOU ARE PART OF THE MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT JFC

Dangly bit mid-section, no sign of udder, percentage of female animals sent to slaughter less likely... edumucated guesstimate

Boom.

I think it’s possible that she was intentionally trying to harm herself. She had just come off a period of sobriety, which is devastating, then got in a fight with a friend. She was probably feeling pretty bad about life at that moment. She could have left the house hoping that someone would come after her. She…