I love my mamma, but I like coming here. I like to learn. I like my friends. In Bonita Springs and San Carlos Park, parents are hard-pressed to find infant care. In central Fort Myers, an overabundance of grandmotherly homes beckon cash-strapped parents.
Parents can search Lee County and still only find a handful of places with evening or weekend care.
If you've got children under five, chances are you're facing some sort of day care dilemma. Read The News-Press Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and watch NBC 2 at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for a joint special series report. So while child-care providers offer nearly 16,000 spots for more than 27,000 children age 5 and younger in Lee County, the issue is hardly simple for many parents. It's changing continually. We have given parents the knowledge necessary to make the right choices.