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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Living on $25,000: ALICEs who live paycheck to paycheck explain how they scrape together enough food to get by

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Many low-income Americans are struggling to pay for basic necessities, like groceries.

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Stuck in a hellish loop: ALICE parents explain how they never have enough money to give their kids the life they want

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My baby boomer parents gave me great financial advice. They taught me to budget and helped me open a checking account at 13.

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Sandrine Jacquot learned about finances from her parents.

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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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We're DINKs in Austin who are waiting until we make $350,000 to have kids. Maintaining our lifestyle as parents is a priority.

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Matthew and Brooke Bennett.

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Here are the gifts college seniors want for their upcoming graduation and post-grad life

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A third of Gen Z and millennial homebuyers plan to use family money for a down payment amid sky-high housing costs

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Homebuyers have to earn 80% more than they did pre-covid to comfortably afford a house today.
Homebuyers have to earn 80% more than they did pre-covid to comfortably afford a house today.

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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.

Single parents need the gig economy but it's screwing them over

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Photo illustration of a single parent with money, Uber, and Lyft cars.
Some single parents told Business Insider that they're struggling to pull in enough to care for their kids.

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