child care

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Still, low wages remain a problem, leaving child care to compete with other pathways available at the same school.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The services that define 21st-century middle-class life—healthcare, child care, education—have risen two to three times as fast as overall consumer prices since 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Her schedule was changed to prevent run-ins with the chief, which made it difficult for her to obtain child care and prevented her from working overtime, she said in the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Lower-income families may also qualify for state or federal child care subsidies, but those have growing waitlists, too.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Overlooked in these reports was the fact that the program in question was a pilot project that offered far more generous child care and other subsidies than Minnesota’s actual welfare reform program.

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