Love is in the air … at daycare? Parents faced with unexpected Valentine’s Day costs
Love is in the air … at daycare? Parents faced with unexpected Valentine’s Day costs
American consumers are expected to spend a record $27.4 billion for Valentine’s Day this year. Of that, over $1.9 billion is expected to be spent on children’s classmates. Rukmini Callimachi, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, recently tweeted about her experience with Valentine’s Day as a new mother.
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