In the early days of COVID, millions of working mothers dropped out of the workforce to care for children and family members. But the hot job market of the late pandemic had them roaring back to work ...

Across the rich world, parents of young children face a problem. In America, one of many countries with few subsidies, a household with two working parents and two young children can spend as much on ...

The Center for American Progress’ data dashboard allows users to explore national- and state-level data trends on a range of child care and early learning topics. Read more and explore additional ...

Worry over mounting costs of living has been persistent for years now. Households are carefully watching gas prices, economists are laser-focused on inflation rates and politicians are relating every ...

Area day care centers and in-home child care providers are trying to provide quality child care, but it’s not easy. Kids Depot in Hutchinson and Stay-n-Play in Litchfield have been mainstay child care ...