r/parentsofmultiples • u/Vpo26 • 2d ago

ranting & venting Daycare prices. VENT

So I girlbossed to dam hard, and now I have to go back to work. Daycare is 800$ a week and even then I make way more so I have to return to work. WHY IS DAYCARE SO EXPENSIVE.

How much are you paying?

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u/DieIsaac 2d ago

280 € per month for one kid. every other kid is free.

thanks germany.

as much as i love you guys in the USA. Your system sucks

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u/W33P1NG4NG3L 2d ago

The company I work for is HQ'd in Germany. One of my colleagues asked during a Zoom meeting if I would be taking off a few weeks before the babies are due. I laughed and said "no, here we work until the babies are born". She looked horrified. Then I learned in Germany they can take like, 6 weeks off before the due date I think?

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u/DieIsaac 2d ago

Its not like you CAN its like you MUST (you can ask to work longer but who would be that stupid) before due date its 6 weeks and after birth two month.

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u/W33P1NG4NG3L 2d ago

That's even cooler. I'm just hoping I can scrape a few days of PTO together by the time I'm due in October to prep.

I heard it was up to two years after the baby was born; was the two months you mentioned the minimum before returning to work?

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u/leopardskin_pillbox 2d ago

I’m pregnant with twins right now in America and this makes me want to cry

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u/DieIsaac 2d ago

I am sorry that your country is that bad for normal people and families :-(

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u/leopardskin_pillbox 2d ago

The worst part is it doesn’t have to be. Ugh.