Daycare in my neighborhood is "too competitive" to get into!

I think you've misunderstood your dentist. "Too competitive" simply refers to the mismatch between supply of quality daycare in the neighborhood and the demand for quality daycare in the same. In upper middle class areas it is often the case that the better daycare centers have 10-12+ month waiting lists. Most are simply first come, first served. However, some prioritize enrollment around additional requirements such as residency within a defined geographic area near the center, or membership in the church associated with the center (if religiously affiliated). Neither I, nor any of the parents I know have encountered centers with "academic" qualifications beyond a lack of diagnosed behavioral/developmental issues (in my state centers need special certifications to serve special needs populations).

Day care is part of the NWO plot to control us.

It’s likely just that they’re regarded as quality care centers and have a long wait list (and provide prefence to siblings of current enrollees). My kids went to a center that had a wait time of at least 1 year for newcomers

Hardloper wrote:

My dentist was talking about how she couldn't bring her kids to any of the nearby daycares because they're too competitive and they couldn't get in. How times change! Do really you need to be able to play piano, converse in Mandarin, and be decent at tee-ball to get into a daycare that looks good on your résumé?

Wow you’re an idiot. I doubt you could get accepted into the infant room at my kids daycare.

Dril wrote:

Hardloper wrote:

My dentist was talking about how she couldn't bring her kids to any of the nearby daycares because they're too competitive and they couldn't get in. How times change! Do really you need to be able to play piano, converse in Mandarin, and be decent at tee-ball to get into a daycare that looks good on your résumé?

Wow you’re an idiot. I doubt you could get accepted into the infant room at my kids daycare.

Oh yeah well the jerk store called, and you got a full-ride scholarship!

Hardloper wrote:

My dentist was talking about how she couldn't bring her kids to any of the nearby daycares because they're too competitive and they couldn't get in. How times change! Do really you need to be able to play piano, converse in Mandarin, and be decent at tee-ball to get into a daycare that looks good on your résumé?

Thank your beloved president, idiot Ed.

Bulgar wrote:

It’s likely just that they’re regarded as quality care centers and have a long wait list (and provide prefence to siblings of current enrollees). My kids went to a center that had a wait time of at least 1 year for newcomers

True but "it's competitive" seems like a weird way to say "there's a waitlist" or "it's expensive"

People tell me as soon as you (or your partner) find out you're pregnant, to get on a daycare waitlist because many take 2 years. There is a child care center at Nike where I work, but most employees can't even get their kids in there.

I can't even imagine myself having kids

*Pukes all over the place*

Whatever happened to one parent staying home and raising them until they're school age? That's only 4 or 5 years.

A society that expects both parents to work has gone off the "work ethic" deep end and made a mockery of its "family values" thing.

It seems bizarre that the daycare business isn't a booming business.

People open trendy little shops that last a year. They should just open a daycare.

Hardloper wrote:

Dril wrote:

Wow you’re an idiot. I doubt you could get accepted into the infant room at my kids daycare.

Oh yeah well the jerk store called, and you got a full-ride scholarship!

Hyuck! Hyuck Hyuck! Hahah! Yuck, Yuck!

A real knee slapper.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Whatever happened to one parent staying home and raising them until they're school age? That's only 4 or 5 years.

A society that expects both parents to work has gone off the "work ethic" deep end and made a mockery of its "family values" thing.

If you have three kids and there is a six year gap from the oldest to the youngest then a parent would have to stay home for 11 years.

That’s a long time to be out of the workforce, missing out on skills and SS earnings.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Whatever happened to one parent staying home and raising them until they're school age? That's only 4 or 5 years.

A society that expects both parents to work has gone off the "work ethic" deep end and made a mockery of its "family values" thing.

Hey! We're all getting rich here, what are you complaining about! Look at the market! Life is grand! I love my Job! MY house cost $800,000 that means I'm rich right?

my kids are going to be juuuusssstttt fine......

Star wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Whatever happened to one parent staying home and raising them until they're school age? That's only 4 or 5 years.

A society that expects both parents to work has gone off the "work ethic" deep end and made a mockery of its "family values" thing.

If you have three kids and there is a six year gap from the oldest to the youngest then a parent would have to stay home for 11 years.

That’s a long time to be out of the workforce, missing out on skills and SS earnings.

funny how that used to be the norm, right? People must have been miserable then, feeding kids out of garbage cans. Lucky we all rich now though.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

People tell me as soon as you (or your partner) find out you're pregnant, to get on a daycare waitlist because many take 2 years. There is a child care center at Nike where I work, but most employees can't even get their kids in there.

Are you and nikeman on the list yet? ;)