Our daycare is raising its rates, I believe it's starting in November. After much agonizing, our daycare lady decided she had to raise her prices. $15 per month per household. (Not even per kid!)
I've never been happier to have a price go up. For less than $1100 per month ($1050 at current prices, $1065 after the increase), our daycare provides 10 meals a week (for the toddler), education, playtime, exercise, socializing with other lovely kids, developmental activities, a calm and disciplined (yet loving) environment, the skills of our daycare lady plus several others (her mom, sister, daughter and husband), field trips, monthly music class with a visiting teacher, craft supplies, and most importantly a place that both girls are visibly happy and excited to come to every day. And she takes less than 2 weeks' paid vacation per year, just days here and there. Usually just on major holidays, or to redecorate the classroom or attend teacher conferences!
Also, take into account that average cost of a daycare center that would offer most (not all) of the above amenities in the downtown-Minneapolis area would be about $1500 a month. Per kid, not for both!
So yeah, you won't hear me grumbling about this come Nov. 1. Our mortgage increase, on the other hand ...
The least annoying price increase ever
October 18th, 2012 at 07:50 pm
October 18th, 2012 at 09:13 pm 1350591203
October 19th, 2012 at 12:07 am 1350601655
I think she should have given herself a bigger raise.
October 19th, 2012 at 01:51 am 1350607902
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