Childcare Choices, Costs, and How to Make a Plan (and a Backup Plan, Too)

Everyone tells you childcare is expensive. But knowing that and actually living it are two very different things. Host Jennifer Borget sits down with author and childcare expert Christina Eaglin—author of Who's Watching My Baby? and expert on navigating the childcare maze —to talk through the stuff nobody prepares you for: what childcare really costs beyond the monthly invoice, how to vet a provider before you're already attached, why you need a backup plan before you ever need to use it, and how to have the money conversations with your partner before the pressure is on. Think of it as the conversation you'd want to have with a friend who's already been through it, so the chaos of childcare doesn't hold back your finances—or your future.

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