American daycare in the example cost $1,650 per month for three days a week and required parents to supply diapers and every meal, with lunches not warmed and staff lacking required education. Drop-offs were rigid and did not allow easing a child into the routine. Swedish daycare for three days a week cost about $120 per month, provided a warm cooked lunch, two snacks, and diapers, and required daycare staff to have some education. Swedish centers offered a gradual multi-day orientation to help children acclimate to preschool.
In the US, she went three days a week, and we paid $1,650. With that monthly fee, they did not provide diapers. They did not provide food. We had to send her with every single meal for the day, and they wouldn't even warm up her lunch, so we literally had to warm her food and put it in a Thermos so that it would be warm for her by the time lunch rolled around.
Now let's talk about her daycare in Sweden. We pay about 120 US dollars every month. She goes three days a week as well. She gets a warm cooked meal every single day for lunch and two snacks. They also provide diapers," she says. "I remember asking them about bringing diapers, and they were like, 'No, no, you don't need to bring diapers.' We provide them' ... Also, to work in a daycare in Sweden, you do have to have some kind of education.
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