Parents with young kids are fleeing New York City in droves. Skyrocketing housing and daycare costs are to blame.

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Children on swings at the playground at Union Square Park in Manhattan.

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For working moms, it's some good news and some bad news

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Women with kids under 5 saw much higher workforce participation than any other group of women.

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Why childcare has become so unaffordable

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Childcare costs are skyrocketing, forcing families to move across the US. But there may be a light at the end of the tunnel.

Only one developed country has a more expensive childcare system than the US

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New Zealand is the only OECD country with a more expensive childcare system than the US, per a Bank of America analysis.

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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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My family makes an extra $20,000 a year renting out part of our home on Airbnb. We started with a goal to cover day-care costs, but now we've expanded to a second property.

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The LaDuca family.

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Why America's childcare system is crumbling and its workers are begging for help

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Meet a 4-parent, polyamorous family using 3 incomes and zero daycare costs to beat the US childcare crisis

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Taya Hartless

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