The Rising Costs of Child and Pet Day Care: A Comparative Analysis
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10mo ago· 5 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The article discusses the rising costs of both child and pet day care, highlighting the author's personal experience of paying $82 per day to board their dog in northern Virginia. It compares these costs to staying in a budget motel and mentions regulatory factors as a potential cause for the increase in child care prices.
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Doggie boarding costs about the same as staying in a Motel 6.
Many explanations have been offered for rising child care costs.
Everyone talks about the soaring cost of child care (e.g. here, here and here), but have you looked at the soaring cost of pet care? On a recent trip, it cost me about $82 per day to board my dog (a bit less with multi-day discounts). And no, that is not
