Meet a millennial mom who paid over $22,000 for daycare last year — and had to quit her job when her second kid came along: 'We don't really have a village of any sort'

• Kaitlin Peterson is a millennial parent paying tens of thousands of dollars for day care.
• She left her job when she realized day-care costs were higher than her take-home salary.
• Peterson is one of many millennials grappling with what parenting looks like in today's economy.

This story is part of a series called "Millennial World," which seeks to examine the state of the generation around the globe.

In 2022, Kaitlin Peterson, 34, paid nearly $22,700 for preschool — for just one kid.

When her second child came around, she realized that care for both of her children would cost $500 more per month than her take-home pay as a senior librarian. 

So she quit.