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Success‘A constant battle’: The number of parents missing work because of child care is higher than before the pandemic—and it’s not improving
By Heather Hollingsworth, Claire Savage, The Associated Press and Report for AmericaJanuary 3, 2023
A couple during a festival.
Personal FinanceThe ultrawealthy are hiring ‘disco nannies’ so they can party in Ibiza and Mykonos
By Chloe BergerAugust 31, 2022
Mother with newborn
Personal FinanceInsurance is hiding how expensive it is to have a kid: Nearly $20,000 for every baby born in the U.S.
By Chloe BergerJuly 13, 2022
SuccessLatest COVID surge is upending schedules and sending parents scrambling—again
By Megan LeonhardtJune 9, 2022
HealthThe U.S. just got 70,000 pounds of baby formula airlifted in from Europe to help with the national shortage
By Andrew MarquardtMay 23, 2022
women playing on the floor with young son
SuccessWorking mothers still face childcare and employment hurdles as pandemic safety nets disappear
By Megan LeonhardtMay 3, 2022
Daycare teacher with child
SuccessProviding childcare support can help solve inflation
By Megan LeonhardtApril 27, 2022
CommentaryInvest in women to drive innovation in childcare
By Anne Halsall and Sara MauskopfApril 15, 2022
Mother walking hand in hand with her young son to school
SuccessChildcare is a benefit that can save working parents at their breaking point. Good luck finding it
By Megan LeonhardtApril 13, 2022
Weecare cofounder Jessica Chang
LeadershipThis startup wants to make childcare affordable for grocery clerks, janitors, and essential workers in the South and Midwest
By Nimah QuadriApril 8, 2022
CommentaryEmployers can help economic recovery by offering child care benefits
By Priya KrishnanMarch 24, 2022
Mother walks her children to school.
SuccessParents who quit their jobs because they can’t find adequate childcare face a 7% wage penalty
By Megan LeonhardtMarch 15, 2022
kids playing at daycare
SuccessCongress is increasing childcare funding by nearly $585 million—but it won’t fix the ‘sweeping, systemic problems’
By Megan LeonhardtMarch 10, 2022
Father dropping off son at school
SuccessEmployers are improving their childcare benefits, but it’s not nearly enough to stop the ongoing crisis
By Megan LeonhardtMarch 3, 2022
children walking into daycare center classroom
SuccessThe government has been offering a mostly unused childcare credit to businesses for 20 years. It shows the abysmal support for working parents
By Megan LeonhardtFebruary 24, 2022
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