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Working parents
Families are paying an average of 30% more for child care than they did in 2019
Oct 31, 2023
Costs have reached new heights just as federal subsidies that helped providers cover staffing and other expenses come to an end.
Gender gap in work hours grew during pandemic
Jan 29, 2021
Moms were overwhelmingly responsible for supervising remote learning
A crisis for caregivers
Dec 30, 2020
Many working parents were already struggling. Then the pandemic hit.
Teachers move near the front of the line for vaccine
Dec 21, 2020
It's up to states to decide if teachers qualify as frontline essential workers, given that they're able to work remotely.
Essential worker parents struggle with remote school
Dec 17, 2020
Those who work outside the home must often rely on family or pay for help to supervise kids.
How working from home has changed 8 months into the pandemic
Nov 26, 2020
Workers have learned to negotiate faulty Wi-Fi, toddler potty breaks, and remote school.
Why Colorado passing paid family leave matters even more during COVID
Nov 6, 2020
The ballot measure passed at a time when women are leaving the workforce due to a lack of child care.
For public good, not for profit.
Child care crisis could cost women $64.5 billion in lost wages
Oct 30, 2020
A new report quantifies the cost of women pulling back from work to care for kids during the pandemic.
1 in 5 parents quit job or took leave to deal with remote school
Oct 23, 2020
Pulling back from work can put parents behind indefinitely on their career tracks.
Home child care workers unionize in California
Jul 29, 2020
Workers hope to strengthen an industry that has become even more precarious.