Cheap Day Care Centers

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Veronica Baragas with my wigglesandgiggles.com, and I'd like to share with you a little bit about cheap daycares. Now cheap daycares can fall into two categories, one, which is the most respectable is usually through a government program, which would be a cheap daycare for you because they help cover the cost. So those programs are very beneficial to a lot of people, and usually you can find a good daycare and it's cheaper to you because of the government discount. Now, however, a cheap daycare in general, I would watch out for a few things. A lot of the times a daycare can be cheap because they're not registered with the state, which means they don't get regulated, they don't get checked up on, and they have no inspections, so they're free to do whatever they like. I'm not saying that they're not good, it's just that they usually charge a lower price because they're not registered. Also, big motto, you pay what you get for, or you get what you pay for, sorry. So cheap daycare is usually aren't regulated and you have a little bit more problems. I would spend that little extra money to find someone with contracts, to find someone who is registered and regulated with the state, which means that they are definitely going to take their job seriously and give your child the best care possible. Once again, not to say, or knock anyone with it, that is offering cheap prices, because there are a few people out there with good quality care, that just really, really want to help people, but if they're doing it for a living, it's not likely that they're going to be able to afford running a daycare at cheap rates, unless they have a significant other or an alternate income that's going to supplement for them. So definitely be wary of cheap daycare, do extensive research, and I would not personally enroll my child unless they were registered with the state."