If you are the parent of a toddler, you already know this: Quality child care is very expensive.
A quick check of the internet shows that local day care centers charge in the vicinity of $400 per week for infants, $350 for toddlers, and $300 for preschoolers.
To put it another way, that’s up to $20,000 per year, or 40 percent more than the cost of in-state tuition at Washington State University Vancouver.
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