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LifestyleIf you thought rent was bad, childcare now costs more than housing in all 50 states
By Sunny NagpaulMay 16, 2024
Success32-year-old mother who dropped out of the workforce is back as state starts funding day care with oil lease money: ‘It’s been a blessing for us’
By Moriah Balingit, Susan Montoya Bryan, Dylan Lovan, The Associated Press, Daniel Beekman and The Seattle TimesMay 14, 2024
LeadershipThere’s been a ‘fundamental shift’ in what working parents expect from employers—these are the benefits they really want
By Emma BurleighMay 8, 2024
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SuccessBiden never forgot ‘Build Back Better.’ Top aide says he has ‘unfinished business’ to crack the childcare crisis and help the sandwich generation
By Chris Megerian, Moriah Balingit and The Associated PressMay 8, 2024
Derrika Richard as she walks her three youngest children to their child care classrooms at Clara's Little Lambs in New Orleans
PoliticsRed states including Louisiana and Texas were shocked by the pandemic child care crisis—and are trying to help poor working parents for a change
By Ariel Gilreath and The Associated PressApril 30, 2024
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Success$2,000 a month childcare costs are driving moms without college degrees out of the workforce: ‘I really didn’t want to quit’
By Moriah Balingit, Sharon Lurye and The Associated PressApril 23, 2024
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SuccessFor the first time since the pandemic, Americans prefer hybrid over remote work—and it’s not the free lunches driving the shift
By Sasha RogelbergApril 9, 2024
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SuccessYou’re more likely to make more money if you’re an older sibling—and now researchers think they know why
By Irina IvanovaMarch 27, 2024
TechDeliveroo is spending an estimated $230,000 to give a handful of riders 15 hours of childcare—after years of lobbying to avoid paying sick leave, PTO, and pensions
By Ryan HoggMarch 18, 2024
Working parent
SuccessFrom cash stipends to ‘It’s OK days’: The cost of child care crisis is making parental benefits the top issue for over half of companies
By Kelsey Butler and BloombergMarch 5, 2024
PoliticsNow Republican states are backing child care spending, saying it can ease workforce shortages by helping parents go back to work: ‘Child care is a critical infrastructure’
By Moriah Balingit and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2024
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SuccessWorkers have a $1.4 trillion message for the Fortune 500: We’ll return to office if you pay for the commute, childcare, and lunch and coffee too
By Jane ThierSeptember 28, 2023
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Personal FinanceMillennial couple with $64,000 of student debt can’t afford kids, saying a $125,000 salary ‘doesn’t feel like enough’
By Alicia AdamczykJune 10, 2023
SuccessInvestment in child care creates a ‘robust labor force,’ reduces crime and delivers outsized returns, according to a new White House report
By Josh Boak and The Associated PressMarch 20, 2023
A woman wearing a headset sits at a kitchen island taking work calls, while her daughter plays with toys on the other side.
NewslettersThese family-friendly policies help women thrive in the workplace
By Paige McGlauflin and Paolo ConfinoMarch 8, 2023
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