Jessica Secrest has a reminder for all the mothers and parents out there: When it comes to raising kids, you don't necessarily have to do it all alone.
"I think a lot of the time as moms, we feel like having other people watch our children is burdening them, and that's not the case," the mom of two told"Good Morning America."
The two moms, according to Secrest, live just five minutes away from each other in the Greater Grand Rapids area of Michigan and both have two children who are similar in ages. Secrest is the mom of a 3-year-old daughter and a 4-year-old son, while Emily, who declined to be interviewed for this article, has two kids who are 2 and 3.
Data from the National Database of Childcare Prices, released in January, corroborates this, and the findings show that"childcare prices are untenable for families across all care types, age groups, and county population sizes" and that the current system"is reliant primarily on overburdened families and underpaid childcare workers." NDCP data also shows that the cost of child care steadily increased across the U.S. between 2018 and 2022.
Initially, when her friend Emily broached the idea last year, Secrest said she thought it would be a burden to her friends, but then her son's therapist suggested the same thing a couple of months later and Secrest said that's what changed her mind. Since then, Secrest said she and Emily have started doing child care swaps every month, and as much as they plan it in advance, they also try to stay flexible with each other.
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