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child care

NOUN
institution or home service involving care for children
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She includes a list of general policy prescriptions for politicians, such as paid child care and expanded parental leave, but lets the chief executives off easy by comparison.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

“It’s not surprising that families would prioritize the man being the breadwinner to make more money because families need more money” to pay for healthcare, child care and more.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, 12% of Americans said insufficient child care options played a role in their decision to have fewer children than desired.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

His mother couldn’t afford child care, so Allen often accompanied her at the studio, where he soaked up tapings of “Sanford and Son” and “The Tonight Show.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

These are the qualities that welfare - to-work job-training programs often seek to inculcate, though I suspect that most welfare recipients already possess them, or would if their child care and transportation problems were solved.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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