Most politicians don’t even try to enact universal systems — the cost and complexity are daunting, and child care has long ...

For many parents of young children, child care represents one of the largest items on their household budget. The average cost of child care was more than $11,500 in 2023, according to an analysis by ...

Christina Parker should be able to live comfortably in Mill Valley, California, a leafy suburb north of San Francisco on her six-figure salary working for a real estate developer. Instead, she watches ...

Isabel O’Brien is an experienced business journalist who specializes in private equity, infrastructure, and financial misconduct. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

Sirens are sounding for American families that on Saturday the nation will fall off a “child-care cliff.” That’s when $37 billion in child-care pandemic relief from the federal government will expire.

This story was originally published by The 19th on April 2, 2024. For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families who send children to the day cares she runs navigate America’s ...

Sarah Foster, 35, quit her job in the summer of 2024 after the stress of parenting and working full time led to anxiety, depression, vascular disease and chronic pain in her neck and shoulders. She ...

At The Children's Trust, we understand a fundamental truth: for children to have the best chance at developing into healthy, happy, and productive adults, parents and caregivers must also care for ...

If you’re a parent or caregiver working or looking for work, you might benefit from a special tax break to offset the costs of care for your dependent. The federal child and dependent care tax credit ...

It’s not uncommon for parents to wonder how their children will fare after they’re gone. For parents of young adults with severe mental illness, it’s a much larger and more complicated question. Many ...

As the city’s affordability crisis worsens for nearly everyone, even upper-middle-class New Yorkers are struggling to pay for child care. The workers who provide it are struggling too. Credit ...