For a full recovery, the US must address its child care crisis
On Tuesday - in the face of converging crises of war, the ongoing global pandemic and an uneven economic recovery - President Biden acknowledged that this is a tough time for all Americans.
But here's the truth: Families with children under five are struggling more than everybody else.
From housing to diapers, families with young children face Sisyphean challenges. Across the country, 1 in 3 U.S. families with young children struggles with the cost of diapers, which hits low-wage families the hardest. Child Care Aware's newly released Demanding Change report found the national average annual cost of child care is more than 10 percent of the median income for a married couple and more than 35 percent of the median income for a single parent.
Speaking to the extraordinary situation families find themselves in, President Biden brought preschool to the fore. He committed to getting parents back to work, cutting the cost of child care in half for most and implementing universal preschool for every 3- and 4-year-old.
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