One mother’s daycare struggle; parents say crisis exists
With just over 300 licensed daycare spots available in North Battleford, many local parents are on waiting lists, or have given up completely on the idea of finding child care for their children.
BattlefordsNOW reached out on Facebook to the community to see how tough the situation was for local parents, and the general comments were there was a crisis in the community when it came to quality care.
Daycare spots in the Battlefords are so scarce and hard to come by right now that one mom had to extend maternity leave and eventually resign from her job all together.
When Corrinne Kjargaard-Thompson was ready to go back to work after giving birth to her first child, she was looking for a part-time daycare spot because her husband was available to watch their child during certain parts of the week.