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Personal Statement: The Affordable Childcare

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As a mom who will be returning to the workforce after graduation an issue that is important to me and I’m sure many other parents as well is finding a local, safe, educational, affordable childcare to send my daughter to while I’m working. I want to find a place where I feel like my child will grow and learn new things, but also a place where I feel she is safe and well-cared for. Ideally I would love to leave her with family, but due to geographic locations, daycare is looking like the best option.
The problem is around the city I live in there are many childcare facilities who claim to have it all, but after looking into them into them I find there are usually lacking something on my long list of things I feel is important. I’ve come across

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