A looming childcare cliff could cost families $9 billion in earnings and leave millions of kids without care. Democratic lawmakers want to avoid a crisis.

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The typical NYC family is spending more than 25% of its income on childcare — triple what's deemed affordable

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Parents drop their children off for school in Provo, Utah. A childcare crisis is raging across the country, and will only get worse when American Rescue plan funds run out at the end of the month.

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This stay-at-home mom took a cybersecurity boot camp and landed an over $75,000 a year job at a NASA contractor

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Tammy Hinkle.

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Women are working at record levels. Remote work, stay-at-home dads, and the gender pay gap will keep it that way.

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Remote work and stay-at-home dads are helping US women take over the workforce.

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5 job switchers explain why they regretted moving for a new role — or refused to relocate at all

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Shriya Boppana (L), Julianne Elise, and Angela Harris told Insider why moving for work wasn't for them.

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Meet the stay-at-home dads: They're on the rise as more men drop out of work and skip college

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Shannon Carpenter and his family, left. Andrew Ebright, right.

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People who choose to work from home are actually less-productive when they do so, new research suggests. An author behind the research explains why.

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A new study on worker productivity found that those who work from home are also likely to be constrained by other responsibilities, like childcare or household duties.

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Meet a millennial mom who paid over $22,000 for daycare last year — and had to quit her job when her second kid came along: 'We don't really have a village of any sort'

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5 Gen Zers and millennials who make more than $100,000 a year explain how they spend their salaries — and whether they feel like they've 'made it'

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Hunter Garnett (left), Corritta Lewis (center, in sunglasses), and Kavi Kardos earned at least $120,000 last year.

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Senator Patty Murray says it's impossible to keep the economy growing without affordable, well-paid childcare

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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) speaks at an event to reintroduce the Child Care for Working Families Act, at the U.S. Capitol on April 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. The legislation would provides funds for child care and early learning programs for low to moderate income families.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) speaks at an event to reintroduce the Child Care for Working Families Act, at the U.S. Capitol on April 27, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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