day care

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In many states, centers don’t need licenses, making it easier to open one than a day care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

All three candidates spoke in favor of Municipal Code section 41.18, which bars homeless encampments from going up within 500 feet of schools and day care centers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Placing an infant in an early childhood or day care center can cost parents annually an average of $15,000.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

Many provided little more than glorified day care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

He didn’t ask “Where’d you learn that?” and so Josie didn’t have to make up any stories that erased the dirty, squabbling children she’d known at her old neighborhood day care.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix