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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+ day, 2+ hour ago (707+ words) The average American family doesn't come close to having enough income to comfortably afford childcare, according to a LendingTree study last month. Federal guidelines say that childcare is affordable if it consumes no more than 7% of household income. Citing data…...
Childcare is so expensive many families are just giving up now, forcing them to sacrifice incomes, savings, and careers
3+ 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
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (396+ words) Yasser Salem is the Chair of OneNYC, 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 affordable…...
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"
5+ 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…...