After graduating from Florida A&M University, Ruthie Critton and her husband moved to Eatonville, looking to raise a family in the town where she grew up. Critton accepted an administrative job at a law firm, where she hoped to work a few years before attending law school. But when the couple’s first child was born nearly three years ago, the high cost of daycare derailed that plan. “We literally would have been using my check just to cover child-care expenses. So, it kind of made more sense to stay home,” said Critton, now a mother to two kids ages 1 and 2, who also cares for her 3-year-old nephew. Although grateful for the extra time with her kids, Critton’s family felt the loss of her income — her husband is an Orange County sheriff’s deputy — and she was eager to get back to her career. Central Florida parents struggle with high cost of childcare We know prices are high and people are struggling but you know what? You can use plastic straws again, when you look on a map you will see the Gulf of America and know that there might be a Trump Tower on the Gaza strip one day.
Had my kids five years apart so I was lucky enough not to have two daycare bills at once, though I did have an after school bill for ~$300. I do quite well but it wasn’t a comfortable payment.
The section of the article he posted literally says the kid was born 3 years ago and the high costs derailed their plans at that time
