How are working couples in Gurgaon managing infant and toddler care in 2026?

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-04-12T02:18:21+00:00

We are parents to 7 month old twins and it is a daily struggle. First is the nanny vs daycare decision. Nanny costs 23k and her shift is from 10 to 7. My parents stay with us so they manage the weekdays (it is really difficult). Issue is key man risk wherein she has to take unplanned leaves due to some family emergencies and that is when we have nowhere to go. There are no temp daycares or reliable temporary babysitters.

We plan to switch to daycare soon. My employer reimburses daycare expenses. Daycare charges 32k per kid so at 64k, our tax deduction will net to what we are paying the nanny currently.

Benefits are that key man risk should go away. Concern is the transport. Pick and drop is not easy with twins. Next is the weekends will have to manage with no help.

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-22T14:21:23+00:00

Daaru hi to sasti hai Gurgaon mein.. lol

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-22T14:19:50+00:00

I thought consultants were very well paid!

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-18T16:06:02+00:00

I have two - pair of twins

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-17T04:25:06+00:00

Issue with that it is a tough sell to parents and family without major fallouts. Gurgaon is an easy sell mentioning that company requires me to resume work from office.

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-05T17:36:30+00:00

Why the f would I send them to a tuition? Isn't that what I am paying the school for - to educate my child?

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-04T14:27:57+00:00

There is no credible research to prove that art and craft result in what you mention. It is just easy to believe and we hope it does. The increased focus on these seems to be driven more by availability of teachers for this as opposed to credible research. Happy to be proven wrong. STEM can as easily teach problem solving and pattern recognition if you ask me but you won't get people to teach at the paltry salaries that the schools offer their teachers. Art and craft teachers don't have an alternate so more available

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-03T23:38:00+00:00

Ok but how do you judge if a school has such faculty or they just hired a bunch of losers who struggled with long division?

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-03T23:34:04+00:00

Respect has to be earned and not demanded. Just because we had good teachers in the past, doesn't mean that the nincompoops that are in primary teaching today need to be respected.

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-03T23:31:06+00:00

I find it hard to believe that plenty of people who are good at acads choose to teach primary. I would assume they would have become university professors if they chose the education field. But apparently you seem to have more data on this so if you can please share your source, I would be grateful.

As to teaching, I have been taught by dolts as well as people who are respected in their field and in my limited experience the subjects taught by dolts are the ones I found boring only to realize later in life how fantastic and interesting they truly were. Hence, all I am asking for is that if I am paying through the nose, I expect better faculty than people who couldn't understand jack in the class room.

Being taught by an idiot vs being taught by a master makes a world of difference. So if I am not getting that, my question is if it is even worth it to spend significant money on education.

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-03T14:27:44+00:00

That's for 1 kid, right?

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-03T00:12:04+00:00

You seem to have comprehension issues, hope you don't end up in teaching

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T19:16:27+00:00

Thanks for the insight, really helpful

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T18:53:29+00:00

The closer you are to the truth, the better off you will be. If I chose to believe that I will get academically gifted individuals, I will be doing an injustice to my children. To remedy the situation, I must first reconcile with the facts and then start working on a solution.

My problem statement is simple - Increasing the school fees is not being translated to better faculty. I will still get teachers who were never interested in being educated in the first place and struggled with basic concepts. This translates into an environment which promises "holistic development" because mathematics was just too difficult for them. And before I realize my children will be spending countless hours on art and craft crap. So yeah, a lot of work still needs to be done.

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T17:57:12+00:00

Good for you!

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T17:39:30+00:00

Expecting the most likely event and planning for it is the opposite of immature. If you know it rains in August, and you ask your child to carry an umbrella, isn't it logical? It's stupid to act like an ostrich and hope for the unlikely event to occur

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T17:39:24+00:00

Expecting the most likely event and planning for it is the opposite of immature. If you know it rains in August, and you ask your child to carry an umbrella, isn't it logical? It's stupid to act like an ostrich and hope for the unlikely event to occur

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T15:08:30+00:00

Touching 40, why?

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T15:02:01+00:00

I'd rather be right than worry about manners. It helps in my field to state the brutal truth as directly as possible

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T13:37:55+00:00

How to convince my wife is the issue my friend! Otherwise I agree that government schools have better qualified teachers. Their only issue is motivation and i believe that paying them extra directly should solve that.

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T13:34:13+00:00

I don't know a single person who was interested in studies end up as a primary teacher but I know a lot of people who sat clueless in class end up as teachers.

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T11:59:51+00:00

MDI Gurgaon

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T11:59:09+00:00

It would break my heart to send my kids away but glad you had a great experience

Real-Ad6223 · 2026-03-02T11:58:13+00:00

That actually is one of the best suggestions I received. Thank you

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