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So about 10$/hour. In you area can you a find a person willing to babysit for that money? Each time I hear 1-3k$ for kindergarten it sounds expensive.

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And taylor swift tickets cost $100 (made up number) for two hours of music... try to get someone to sing for $50/h.

Oh wait, there are multiple concert visitors, and a kindergarden group has multiple kids per carer there.

> And taylor swift tickets cost $100 (made up number) for two hours of music

Yes, a very made up number, Taylor Swift tickets for this year's tour were between $50 on the low end and $500 on the high end (plus fees) for the initial sale[1], and averaged $1600 in the resale market, with some tickets for that were close to the stage selling for up to $6300[2].

[1]: https://stylecaster.com/entertainment/music/1624301/how-much...

[2]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-tickets-...

Not possible to do legally. That’s below minimum wage age way below after you do employer taxes

The kindergarten teacher also watches much more than one child though. I do wonder how much money typically goes towards real estate cost and insurance.

The nanny was more like $5000/mo. Daycare is a lot less expensive.

It depends on how many kids you have. If you have 4 kids all needing full-day daycare, or even partial day to wrap around the school hours, it can often be less expensive AND significantly more convenient to just hire a nanny. Wrap around care is not generally much cheaper than full-day daycare from what I've seen.

$5000/mo with 4 kids is only $1250/mo/kid or only about $300/week/kid. Plus you don't have to go drop off or pick up your kids at a separate facility, as usually the nanny comes to the children.

As a child care provider working as a nanny you'd make $60k/year. Can you make $60k/year working at a child care facility?

I only have the one kid and the $5000/mo figure reflects that -- nannies juggling more kids charge more. Yes, the math is different for larger families.

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