I avoided paying for day care when I was a single mom. It was hard, but I'm glad I did it.

Courtesy of Ashley Archambault

When I had my son, I was determined to avoid putting him in day care while I worked. It wasn't just that I didn't love the idea, but as a single mom, I would never have been able to make enough money to make day care make sense. I knew that all my money would have gone right to paying for it.