May Udy, 32, is “on the cusp” of affording part-time childcare. She works full-time at her remote sales job, and her husband, Jackson, has a steady stream of work as a contract engineer in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Yet, the cost of even a few days of childcare for their two children, Noah and Hannah, aged 5 and 6, is untenable .
Nationally, care for one child ranges from $4,800 to $15,000 a year, and the prices are expected to keep rising . In Tennessee, the average annual childcare cost is $10,000-$11,000 …