https://apnews.com/article/missing-marine-f35-jet-south-carolina-mishap-b60ed0eb50791778b982be0c40a796a1

Did you read the article? The numbers quoted are from a group that tries to help defecting Russian soldiers.

On Tuesday the Moscow Times quoted the Georgian-based group Idite Lesom that aids troops attempting to leave Putin’s army, saying it had experienced an 89 percent increase in requests for assistance over the past few months.

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Grigory Sverdlin, founder and leader of the group said that between June and August it had received 305 requests for help but between September and November this number had almost doubled.

I have one child in daycare 4 days a week. The cost is $70 per day. It was actually one of the lower cost options in my area as it’s run by a mom out of her home. For child care alone, I’m paying over $14k /year. Now a typical family may not have the means to pay that. But they need time away from their kids to work the same as I do. Maybe they’re lucky enough to have family nearby that can help. But that’s still a cost that has to be paid when you talk about the cost of having a child. In this case the family member is a covering the.cost via donated labor.