Daycare in Calgary can be some of the highest in the country. Our city ranks in the top 5 most expensive childcare fees. See for yourself. There are 5 top reasons why your child care bill is so high. Let’s find out why. #1 – Child Care Needs BodiesRatios, ratios, ratios. The Alberta government mandates that a certain number of daycare workers need to be watching a certain number of little ones. That number can vary from 1 to 3 all the way to 1 to 15. These are the minimum ratios and some daycare providers lower them even more. Like 2000 Days Pre-Kindergarten. Here are the Alberta childcare ratios and group sizes. Payroll is the largest expense in most businesses. Daycares in Calgary are no different. The more bodies you have in the building being paid the more your costs go up. Parents must shoulder those costs. This is the largest reason why childcare is so expensive. You might think to increase the ratios so costs go down. And you would be right. But the down side is that now you have more children and less supervision. Accidents would go up. Quality would go down. Most daycares don’t want to go this route. #2 –Gotta Put A Roof Over Their HeadsYup, rent. Most childcare centres have to pay rent. Very few own their own building and have it paid off. As we know Calgary can be expensive to lease a building to have a daycare in it. Rent is usually paid by the square foot. With prices in the $20-$45 dollar range you can see how that adds up. Rent for some daycares in Calgary can be well over $15,000 a month. For larger child care centres it could be over $50,000 a month. Daycare centres also have to have a minimum size. For outdoor space to play and for indoor space. The average is about 3 square meters per child. This varies on program and age. The Alberta government made this mandatory so certain child care providers couldn’t jam as many children into a space as possible. This is a great policy and has to be in place for our children to have the space they need to thrive. But again it adds to the costs of childcare. The larger the space the more the daycare provider is paying for rent. Since we’re on this subject we can also touch on utilities. Heat, air conditioning, electricity aren’t cheap. Most daycare centers are open 12+ hours a day so all those costs add up. #3 – Quality Child CareIf you’ve been to a few daycare facilities you might have seen that quality can vary greatly. I noticed this too when I looked for childcare many years ago. One center would have amazing security, teachers and building. The other is barely holding it together and the word sketchy could be used freely. Most parents want their child in a quality daycare program. I think you already know what I’m gonna write. This costs money. And it can be larger expense then most people think. Daycare furniture is expensive. A child care table can be well over $300 dollars per table. A sleeping cot for one child could be over $110 dollars. That’s not even the really high end stuff. Learning toys and equipment can also add up quickly. Buying a learning toy that is $25 dollars seems like a good deal and not too costly. But there are 15 children in that room that all want one. Now you are looking at $375 for one toy. Children aren’t the most gentle with toys in the first place. In a childcare centre it’s even worse. Toys get damaged and cycled through a lot. Replacing these toys on a regular basis can drain the budget fast. #4 – Yummy Yummy In My Tum Tum TummySome daycares feed your child. Some feed them home made food that is prepared by a chef on site. Some do this and use high quality, nutritional ingredients. That adds up. Having food made by the child care facility is great for most parents. Not worrying about a healthy lunch and snack each and everyday. Wow. That is a stress saver. The downside is that it costs money to feed so many children. A daycare can cater or have a chef on site. I prefer a chef on site as he gets to know the families and their eating preferences. The quality can be better with a chef and from my own experience the meals are tastier. But catering is fine too. Both get expensive quickly. Thousands for equipment in the kitchen. Replacing items as they wear out can add up quickly. Thousands for food on a monthly basis. Your little monkeys eat like lions. Especially if the chef is good and makes nutritional and delicious meals. Studies have shown that providing healthy meals is essential to your child’s health. It’s great for parents to not have to worry about this. They have enough on their plate. Get it plate. HA. 5# – Can’t Wrap Them In Bubble WrapCalgary Daycare centers have to be safe. That is something any parent can agree on. Safety means a lot of things. There are standard safety measures that all businesses in Calgary need to abide by. Fire alarms, smoke detectors, building codes, etc. Child care centers need to far beyond where most businesses stop. A retail store or plumbing shop need the bare minimum of safety. Daycares in Calgary need to do a lot more. Here are a few things childcare facilities do to keep your child safe:
These are some of the extra things daycares do to keep your child as safe as possible. There are also administrative costs to create procedures and policies for safety. These are constantly updated and changed to make sure that safety’s improved. This should be top of mind for any parent that is looking for daycare. There are a lot of things to look for when touring a child care center. Here are Alberta’s daycare safety guidelines. You can see for yourself what goes into keeping your child safe. How Can We Make Daycare More Affordable?So those are the top 5 reasons why child care can be expensive. It’s also the reasons why it can vary so much from city to city and province to province. Toronto has very expensive daycare because wages are higher and rent is much higher. Quebec has low child care costs because the province subsidies daycare heavily. Speaking of subsidy… Alberta Childcare SubsidyThe government of Alberta has a child care subsidy in place. This can lower your daycare costs drastically but there are stipulations. Who qualifies and for how much they get can be very complicated. Luckily the government made a great tool to find out if you qualify and for how much. Here it is. The subsidy can help families that need it but with a cap of $628 and costs being as high as $1600 a month this can fall short. Also, the income amount for families can be pretty high to qualify for subsidy. Even a two income family making a decent amount will not qualify. Take a look at the subsidy amounts here. But again use the calculator mentioned above to see if you do. Any amount helps to keep the costs of daycare down. Everyone’s situation, income and family are different so give it a try. It only takes a few minutes and gives you a number right away. You have nothing to lose. I get asked all the time if there’s a better way to afford quality daycare. Other countries have done it so why can’t Calgary and Canada as a whole? Daycare Done Right?
There is only one real way to make daycare more affordable for all Canadian parents. And that’s to have a federal universal childcare program. Many other countries in the world have this already. Denmark is one of the highest rated. Sweden comes close. Norway, South Korea, Slovenia, France and many more. We should stop treating child care as an after thought and put it front and centre of our entire society. We were all children at some point… right? We would all benefit from a high quality and universal day care program. Heck, our society would benefit. We know that the first 2000 days of a child’s life is the most important. Those 2000 days make our children who they will be for the rest of their days. Productive, happy member of society. A socially and emotionally developed child who can take on the stresses of the world. Canada as a country should push forward to implement a universal child care program. Daycares that are private should be converted to public daycares. We should be following Denmark, Sweden, Norway and many others. I know what some of you are thinking. Taxes! And you’re right. Our tax bill will probably have to go up to pay for this. But if you look at a place like Denmark where the highest taxes are 52.05% (cited here). People are happy to pay it. With very inexpensive childcare and free university. The citizens of Denmark know their children, and future, is well taken care of. Canada could do the same and we would feel the same. Do you think child care in Calgary is too darn high? The post Why’s The Cost Of Childcare in Calgary So Darn High? appeared first on A Calgary Daycare & Child Care School. via A Calgary Daycare & Child Care School https://2000days.net/childcare-calgary-cost/
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A few quotes from interviews at our daycare: “She just quit. Happened in one day and now I have to take work off! It’s been a struggle!!” “She promised to educate my kids. It’s one of the main reasons we hired her. All we got was TV watching and daily walks.” “I fear my kid aren’t getting much socially. They hang out all day but a lot of it is my kids playing by themselves. A play date here or there but I can see its not enough. Also I’m worried their English is suffering.” After interviewing over 700 families and talking to many about nannies. We noticed a theme. The quotes above are para-phrased but true. Many crying and upset. Let’s take a look at the top 5 reasons a daycare wins over a nanny. #1 – Daycare is safer, plain and simpleYour worst nightmare came true. Your child is choking at your daycare! They are turning blue and can’t breathe! They have minutes before the worst. 2 people freeze up and panic. No idea what to do. A third walks in and preforms the Heimlich maneuver for toddlers. The child is fine and goes off to play. This is a real scenario that happened at a Calgary daycare. There were 2 childcare workers with full child CPR. They both froze and panicked. It took the third daycare to calm down and attend the child. Everything was fine. This shows how much more safe and secure a daycare is. There is usually one nanny in a home. And they usually watch many children. What would have happened in this scenario if the nanny froze? Or if she didn’t have child CPR training? By having more people around there are more eyes to watch the children. More daycare workers to take action and more child care workers to help in case of emergency. Add safety procedures, safety drills and a very safe building. And you can see how a daycare is safer then a nanny in your home. Here are some tips of how to make your home safer for your child. #2 – Socializing is key to a healthy childBeing social is as important as academics… or even more important than academics. How many of you got jobs by knowing a person? Or a hook up of some sort by a friend? Or a found your partner at a party? I could go on and on. Don’t believe me? Check this out. Research shows that children that are socially and emotionally well adjusted are happier, more motivated and more positive. A daycare can give your child all those things and more. I have seen it myself. Children learning about sharing, the good and the bad. A daycare worker teaching empathy after two children fight. Five children working together to color a large dinosaur painting. I could go on and on. With a nanny you get one person. They can take your child out to play groups. Or other smaller activities. But its limited. And seeing the same children daily is important to create bonds. Plus the peer in the group is the nanny. Usually they play with her and talk to her. Her values will rub off on your kids. Which could be good or bad. At a daycare you have many daycare workers. Everyone teaching the little ones about being social and self-regulating their emotions. Teaching a child empathy is important. It’s not an inherent ability. It takes time to cultivate. Great daycares know this and teach it. #3 – Daycare workers are professionalsEarly childhood are well educated. They usually have a 2 year diploma and extra training on top of that. Many have a 4 year diploma. Their schooling makes sure your child is safe and healthy. Many daycares also have yearly on-going training. Or training when the child care staff start. For Alberta here is what a diploma program looks like. It’s in-depth and many faceted. Childcare workers have a solid education in teaching your children. Many nannies have zero or limited early child care education. Some are early childhood educators but very few are. My family is from the Philippines. We go back every few years. So I have some insight. Not that all nannies are Filipino but many are. Some have CPR and that’s about it. Most don’t have any education that is relevant to little children. Many don’t even speak English very well and that rubs off on your child. Speech development is one of the main brain activities at this age. These aren’t assumptions. We speak to many families that had nannies and switch to daycare because of these issues. Most people would choose a lawyer for law challenges in their lives. Doctors for health issues. I believe most people would choose an early learning educator for their child. #4 – You will save money at a daycare… probably
Yeah I know, that #4 title is terrible. Who writes a probably like that? It’s needed because a lot matters on how many of your children are going to daycare. Let’s break this down a bit. These numbers are close to the average costs of daycare in Calgary. This article discusses about daycare costs. It seems on the low side for Calgary. Especially at higher quality centers. Let’s dig in and see why it the cost matters on how many children you have. Full-time daycare is around $1250 a month. A nanny starts at $2000 at a minimum and goes up to $4000 a month. I’ve seen closer to $5000 for a high-end nanny. One child in daycare is much less expensive than a nanny. Two children become comparable if you use the lowest possible nanny amount. Once you get to three children then the nanny option is cheaper. But wait. Is it apples to apples comparison? No, it’s not. As stated before there are many benefits to a daycare. True curriculum and program. Professional educators. Safety. You get a lot for that amount. Nannies also have some pros. They can clean your house, do laundry and drive your children around. They can also live in your home, so the convenience is there. Who wouldn’t want all that? If you’re looking to save money then the daycare makes more sense. It’s not as expensive expensive. The kicker is that the more children you put into daycare the more expensive it is. And this starts to get as expensive as a nanny. 5# – My life got flip turned upside downI had a family come in and the mother, Karen, started to cry. Her life was turned upside down in a matter of days. She wanted her child in a Calgary daycare right away. Karen would do anything to get her child in a daycare. What happened? Her nanny quit. Literally overnight. Something happened to her family back home and she had to leave. Karen needed to get back to work asap and had few options. Her nanny quitting really put a wrench in her plans. I’ve heard this several times. The reasons different, but the outcome is the same. Need daycare ASAP!! Why? My nanny quit on me out of the blue. Another issue with having one person watch your children. If they are sick or leave, you are usually out of luck. In a daycare you have a lot of staff. There is always someone to teach your child. A sick daycare staff doesn’t affect your child as there are other staff to take over for the day. Your little one’s routine is intact and she is happy to come to her childcare center. Liz had a nanny for about a year. Everything was fine and then slowly things got worse and worse. Her nanny would be late, had the kids in front of the TV a lot. She wouldn’t follow instructions anymore. Liz had to let her nanny go because of performance. It took her months to find a great nanny and it would take months again to find another one. During that time her family would be very disrupted. With a daycare you rarely get that. There are enough teachers and daycares around that you can move to another if you aren’t happy. And the winner is… daycareNow don’t get me wrong. Nannies can be a great resource in certain scenarios. If you have 3 children or more a nanny can save you money. Or if you need help cleaning and cooking at home. Nannies can add value that daycares can’t. But daycares add much more value in the end. Safety is important to all parents and daycares win hands down over nannies. They are a safer place to have your child. Social and emotional development grows leaps and bounds at a daycare. More children, trained staff and a focus on emotional and social skills give daycares the hand up on this. Speaking of training. Daycares have professionals that know what they’re doing. A few online courses and CPR are a far cry from a 4-year diploma. The cost savings at a daycare also trump what a nanny costs. As long as you have 2 or less children in daycare then the cost savings would add up monthly. The stability of a daycare is priceless. Knowing your child goes to the same place for years and has a routine that rarely gets interrupted is peace of mind. There is less stress for you about your job and where your child will be taught then with a nanny. There are many more reasons that a daycare wins out over a nanny. Academics, better immune system, closer relationships with other families and so many more. I had to choose a few or else this blog would turn into a book. I picked the top 5 that impact parents the most. From my experience and talking to many parents I feel a daycare is the best choice for most families. It will give your child the best early years you can give them. What are your thoughts on daycare centres being better for your child? Or do you think nannies are a better choice? The post Top 5 Reasons A Daycare Is Better Than A Nanny appeared first on A Calgary Daycare & Child Care School. via A Calgary Daycare & Child Care School https://2000days.net/daycare-is-better-than-a-nanny/ What’s the cost of full-time daycare near me and what to look for? For working parents, daycare centers are the basic need. With more people into jobs and businesses, daycares have understood that their services are more of a need than a luxury now. Daycare centers are the most reliable option as no nanny is going to take days off, no matter what the reason. Also, daycare comes as a better choice because your child can explore a variety of opportunities than what he can do at home. Daycare for babies and toddlers costs more than daycare for older kids. This is because younger babies need fulltime supervision and require an on-duty childcare provider in the room all the time. 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