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If the economy feels even worse for you than inflation data is showing, that might be because childcare isn't deemed a "necessity'
3+ day, 53+ min ago (449+ words) The gap shows up clearly in how the CPI is constructed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics assigns each category a "relative importance" weight based on average household spending. As of December 2025, the combined category of tuition, school fees, and childcare…...
Won't somebody think of the children? Advocacy group to spend $50 million to back Democrats pushing child care ahead of the midterms
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (537+ words) An advocacy group hoping to expand support for child and elder care plans to spend $50 million to back Democrats in congressional races, tying the costs of caregiving to the nation's'affordability debate. The Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, created a…...
Here's why childcare is getting more unaffordable and forcing families to make 'heartbreaking choices"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (497+ words) The affordability crisis hitting consumers has not spared childcare providers, further adding to the financial burden on families. According to a survey last month from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the cost pressures are similar…...
How Dr. Becky Kennedy built a $34 million parenting business with Good Inside
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (333+ words) My colleague Claire Zillman has an exclusive in Fortune on how Kennedy has turned parenting advice into a thriving business. She reports that Good Inside passed $34 million in revenue last year, growing more than 50% from the year prior. It's raised…...
Exclusive: How Dr. Becky Kennedy built a leadership playbook for parenting'and a $34 million-a-year business
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (728+ words) She's says today's parents want to improve their skills at home the same way they hone their management skills at work. Exclusive: How Dr. Becky Kennedy built a leadership playbook for parenting'and a $34 million-a-year business Just over five years ago,…...
A two-child household must earn $400, 000 a year for childcare to be affordable, study says. 'It's easy to see why birth rates are falling"
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (707+ words) The average American family doesn't come close to having enough income to comfortably afford childcare, according to a Lending Tree study last month. Federal guidelines say that childcare is affordable if it consumes no more than 7% of household income. Citing…...
Childcare is so expensive many families are just giving up now, forcing them to sacrifice incomes, savings, and careers
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (595+ words) Jason Ma is the weekend editor at Fortune, where he covers markets, the economy, finance, and housing. Childcare has become so expensive that many families have given up looking for affordable options and are providing the service themselves, forcing them…...
If New Mexico can figure out universal child care, so can New York City
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (396+ words) Yasser Salem is the Chair of One NYC, an independent expenditure committee formed by business leaders, policy-makers and previous government officials committed to supporting principled, effective leadership and robust, data-driven policies that make living and doing business in New York…...
30-year-old juggles 2 jobs and double shifts but keeps losing work due to school drop-off: 'As a mom, you just find a way around it"
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1126+ words) When Elizabeth Rivera's phone would ring during the overnight shift, it was usually because'the bus didn't show up'again and one of her three kids needed a ride to school. After leaving early from her job at a Houston-area Amazon warehouse…...