Tell Business Insider: Do you want your city to give you free stuff?

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Public pools — alongside libraries and parks — are examples of free city services.

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He needed someone to pick up his kid. So he created an Uber for babysitters.

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Scott Klipper
Scott Klipper, 39, vibe coded Trot My Tot, where parents can find short-term nannies for one-off gigs.

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Scott Klipper needed to be in two places at once.

Three generations, one roof, and a new American dream.

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Multigenerational collage
Families are turning to multigenerational living.

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Every US state ranked by the cost of raising a child, from least to most expensive

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A child at a day care center.
A LendingTree study found that, on average, it costs $303,418 to raise a child over 18 years.

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Daycare waitlists are long. I'm grateful that my mother and mother-in-law can help with childcare, but our system isn't perfect.

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The author's daughter at the playground.
The author's mom and mother-in-law help with her daughter twice a week.

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Families across the US can't find childcare — this map shows where it's worst

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A child playing with brick toys
A new analysis finds that about half of young children in the US live in a childcare desert.

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Meet the single moms raising their kids together in a Manhattan 'mommune'

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Bernie Sinclaire and Anabelle Gonzalez

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Bernie Sinclaire calls herself a "mommunist."

I stayed home with my kids longer than I planned because of childcare costs. It didn't feel like I had much of a choice.

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Mom and baby
The author stayed home with her kids because of childcare costs.

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We spend $30,000 a year on au pairs to help with our 4 boys. It's worth it.

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Three adults and three children against a city landscape
The Smylie family with their last au pair, Cami.

Courtesy of Malia Smylie.

I dragged my son to all my work meetings as a single mom who couldn't afford childcare. I worried I ruined his childhood.

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a woman at her desk while also playing with her son
The author (not pictured) brought her son to all work meetings.

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