How Do You Save Money On Child Care Cost?
Most parents love their children unconditionally. They would do just about anything to keep their children safe and happy. In today’s economic environment, however, the amount of money parents must spend on child card cost is staggering. A family with one child can easily spend $500 a week on child care. There are, however, a few ways to save money on child care costs. Share Babysitters – An increasingly popular method of saving money on child care costs, is to find a few friends and share babysitters. This technique only works if you need someone to watch your children on the same nights. My friends and I began doing this a few months ago with tremendous success. Here’s is an example of how it works: My wife and I want to go to the movies on Friday night (we typically pay our sitter $10 per hour). On Wednesday or Thursday, we start calling a few friends to see if they are planning on going out as well. If so, we share our babysitter. Since our babysitter must now watch 2 kids, we incr