[speaker001:] are you there
[speaker002:] I sure am
[speaker001:] well I guess it sounds like you have children in the background there
[speaker002:] yes I do
[speaker001:] yeah what kind of child care have you found for them
[speaker002:] uh we're military so we take him to a military day care
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] um I'm enrolled in a school right now a nursing school and it's just about the only thing I can afford
[speaker001:] I see uh-huh it is expensive
[speaker002:] it is and
[speaker001:] what what kind uh through the military what kind of prices do you pay for child care there
[speaker002:] forty five a week
[speaker001:] forty five a week I'm from the Bay area and uh just not even um well known schools in child care here people are paying two hundred two hundred fifty a week
[speaker002:] yes oh my goodness you're kidding
[speaker001:] no I don't know how they do it I'm I stay at home I'm a mother I stay at home with mine but I know that it's uh really expensive here
[speaker002:] oh that is outrageous
[speaker001:] what types of things have you looked for when you're um when you were looking in for to the child care there
[speaker002:] well I've had several different kinds of day care
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I had a friend taking care of him and that doesn't work
[speaker001:] it doesn't
[speaker002:] no um your your beliefs are different and I I guess they become you you can't um make demands that you can when you're paying for it
[speaker001:] uh-huh I understand that
[speaker002:] and I'm I'm not talking severe demands I'm talking things like I have to have you on Wednesday you know what I mean
[speaker001:] uh-huh right
[speaker002:] I have an exam I must have you baby sit
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] um I've had home health care that I've gotten through agencies and things like that
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah well have the agencies agencies sent you some good people or
[speaker002:] uh no no they're they're usually badly educated
[speaker001:] no huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] um
[speaker001:] probably poor English that's what you find here in the Bay area a lot of times
[speaker002:] yes yes and I'm I'm just not willing to expose my child to that
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I mean I I want him to be I want him to be stimulated and interested
[speaker001:] yeah does does through the military does the day care do they have things like oh craft projects and learning numbers is it is it kind of like a a preschool it is
[speaker002:] yes preschool only half a day half a day is kind of geared toward those kind of things
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and every week is divided like this week they're doing spring and then next week they may do kites and all week they'll have things about this
[speaker001:] I see uh-huh
[speaker002:] not only they talk about kites they talk about the different colors on kites they talk cultural aspects the shapes
[speaker001:] um-hum hm or
[speaker002:] uh you know it's wonderful
[speaker001:] well it sounds like a good school you know I'm uh being at home with mine um if if I do go back to work it you know it worries me to death the thought of uh the child care you hear so many things about
[speaker002:] it is frightening
[speaker001:] oh kids being oh Shaken Child Syndrome being kids being molested I mean it's it's so hard to say say you know even with even with credentials whether you can trust them with your kids
[speaker002:] it is Robert's day care has um close camera watch on the children you know what I mean so it's monitored
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh that's good
[speaker002:] plus they have um this is military so they have doctors come in and do checkups on the kids uh Texas
[speaker001:] what state are you in oh Texas my
[speaker002:] Fort Worth um-hum
[speaker001:] oh huh yeah
[speaker002:] and and dentists come over child social work comes over uh family services comes over
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I mean it's a continual rotation of resources
[speaker001:] oh well that sounds like a really good it sounds like a good place to to rear kids it sounds like you're in a good good situation with the military
[speaker002:] it is and they don't change day care people at all I mean my son has been in there now a year and he has the same teacher
[speaker001:] uh-huh see that's that's a problem with the day care here my sister-in-law has everyone I know in the Bay area except me have their kids in day care and
[speaker002:] and you know why they keep these people they pay them more
[speaker001:] um-hum exactly yeah the military I mean they just take care of their own I mean
[speaker002:] they do
[speaker001:] these mothers my my um sister-in-law's kids have been in day care and they've switched I mean from one day care to another and those poor kids
[speaker002:] oh I know they need they need um
[speaker001:] they don't know what's going on consistence consistency
[speaker002:] yes they need and they need this person is taking care of some of those things that I can't give my child
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] now I'm in school so I'm I'm home a lot
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I mean he's not like one a eight to five job where I'm gone all the time
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but he he these parent people are these women are mothering my child to a certain degree that's so important
[speaker001:] um-hum it is really important well you're so lucky you know that
[speaker002:] I am
[speaker001:] that you have such a good opportunity with um the through the military especially
[speaker002:] very lucky I have to admit I don't know what I'd do without it
[speaker001:] yeah my um I guess uh I was surprised to hear the prices of the day care here um
[speaker002:] oh I know
[speaker001:] being two two and I'm sure even in some of the nicer I'm not I'm talking uh San Jose area the nicer areas Paolo Alto more as it gets more expensive
[speaker002:] oh no
[speaker001:] you probably pay them I would assume you pay them more just because they're overhead in the day you know their renting in these day care places
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] you know the overhead for the for uh you know just paying their rent in the buildings
[speaker002:] my sister lives in Austin and she has the most wonderful home health care
[speaker001:] oh does she
[speaker002:] lady who does this for a living so she has six children that's all she can have by law
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and