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Working Mom Shocker: Daycare costs more than college in 31 states

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The Washington Post reports that sending your child to daycare actually costs more than sending him or her to a public college in most parts of the U.S.:

A report last fall by Child Care Aware America, a national organization of child-care resource and referral agencies, found that the annual cost of day care for an infant exceeds the average cost of in-state tuition and fees at public colleges in 31 states. The biggest gap is in New York, where day care will set you back nearly 15 grand, but in-state college tuition is only $6,500…

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