What is child care like in America right now?
4 years, 5 months ago

What is child care like in America right now?

CNN  

CNN — Caring for children during Covid-19 has meant wrenching choices for many, but Frances Ber hardly saw a choice at all. Courtesy Caitlin Giddings “I feel like they’re doing a good job,” said Giddings, describing mandatory temperature checks and masked adults at the day care. “I’d really like to see someone who isn’t me —maybe someone official, like a state — collect more data on this.” Parents on total child care lockdowns Oster is planning to send her own kids, ages 5 and 9, to camp this summer. “I don’t care.” Creative child care in the age of Covid-19 Unready for day care and desperate for help, some families have opted to carefully expand their household circles to include extended family or in-home caregivers. So even before the phrase “expanding the bubble” entered her vocabulary, the Heston-Davis household decided to join forces with her in-laws, who’d helped with child care in the past.

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Boomers are grieving not becoming grandparents – but child-free Millennials have little sympathy
1 month ago

Boomers are grieving not becoming grandparents – but child-free Millennials have little sympathy

The Independent  

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Here's where voters approved a tax hike to help pay for child care
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Here's where voters approved a tax hike to help pay for child care

NPR  

Here's where voters approved a tax hike to help pay for child care toggle caption SDI Productions Child care was on the ballot in several cities and counties across the country. "The American people have resoundingly called for — both before and during the election cycle — affordable, accessible, quality child care solutions," wrote the organization's CEO Susan Gale Perry. …

Caring for aging parents doesn't have to be this hard
1 year, 1 month ago

Caring for aging parents doesn't have to be this hard

LA Times  

After years of traveling abroad for work, I found myself grounded last year, brought home to Southern California not out of nostalgia but out of necessity. Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicate particularly high demand for one category of caregivers: home health and personal care aides. The 2018 RAISE Family Caregivers Act directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human …

White House wants $56 billion from Congress for disaster relief, child care and high-speed Internet
1 year, 1 month ago

White House wants $56 billion from Congress for disaster relief, child care and high-speed Internet

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House is asking lawmakers for nearly $56 billion in emergency spending to help the government respond to natural disasters, shore up funding for child care centers and keep high-speed internet running for low-income families — outlining President Joe Biden’s domestic priorities as Congress simultaneously weighs sending billions for conflicts abroad. The package also includes $16 billion …

‘I’m trying to stay afloat:’ California parents sound off on childcare crisis
1 year, 11 months ago

‘I’m trying to stay afloat:’ California parents sound off on childcare crisis

LA Times  

Sofia Tavitian and her 7-month-old daughter, Luna Tavitian-Monterrosa, pose for a portrait at Brand Park in Glendale. “It’s really easy to say, ‘Just put your kid in day care or put your kid in child care’. It’s been difficult.” ‘I’m sure we’ll make it work for another two years’ Roger Chong, shown with his son and wife, started his own …

Move on from COVID? Child care disruptions continue
1 year, 11 months ago

Move on from COVID? Child care disruptions continue

The Independent  

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Op-Ed: Kids keep getting sick, overwhelming parents once again. Will the U.S. offer us any help?
2 years ago

Op-Ed: Kids keep getting sick, overwhelming parents once again. Will the U.S. offer us any help?

LA Times  

Kids wait for their COVID vaccines at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in June. My mom died just four months after my daughter was born, meaning I didn’t have the larger family safety net — typically a grandmother — so many of my peers rely on when their kids fall sick, or to fill the gaps between when kids need to …

‘Desperation': Child care struggle worsens in rural U.S.
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Desperation': Child care struggle worsens in rural U.S.

Associated Press  

ASTORIA, Ore. — A shortage of child care in the U.S. has become so acute that it’s reaching far into rural communities, including one northwestern Oregon county where future embryos are in line for a spot at Amy Atkinson’s nursery and preschool. There’s nothing available.” Half of U.S. residents live in child care deserts where fewer than a third of …

This Is The Bittersweet Part Of Democrats' Sweet Legislative Victory
2 years, 4 months ago

This Is The Bittersweet Part Of Democrats' Sweet Legislative Victory

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats in Congress were thrilled when President Joe Biden signed a landmark climate and health care bill into law last week. It’s not a complicated story: a fragile sector shattered.” Sen. Patty Murray joins members of Congress and advocates to push for child care in budget reconciliation outside the U.S. Capitol on June 9, 2022, in Washington, …

The Child Care Crisis Needs A Lot More Attention Than It's Getting
2 years, 6 months ago

The Child Care Crisis Needs A Lot More Attention Than It's Getting

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. About one in three families with young children encountered “serious problems” finding child care last year, according to a survey that came out in October. “Stories of children locked in cars adjacent to factories, chained to temporary trailer homes, and left in movie theaters quickly filled newspapers and …

Federal COVID-19 Relief Saved Child Care For Millions, Report Says
2 years, 9 months ago

Federal COVID-19 Relief Saved Child Care For Millions, Report Says

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING If you are in a working family and have managed to hold on to your child care during the past two years, you may have the federal government to thank, according to a new report. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images The report’s calculations draw on data from two independent groups that focus on early childhood: the National …

What we’re still not facing about parents’ Covid anger
2 years, 11 months ago

What we’re still not facing about parents’ Covid anger

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kara Alaimo, an associate professor in the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University, is a frequent contributor to CNN Opinion. Before ultimately reaching a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union after a contentious battle over remote learning, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot accused teachers of holding kids “hostage.” Debating whether schools in the US should have been …

Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom
2 years, 11 months ago

Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom

NPR  

Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom Enlarge this image toggle caption Cooper Neill for NPR Cooper Neill for NPR "I had a parent tell me to f*** off last week," Cori Berg said. Working parents can't always afford to keep a sick child home Enlarge this image toggle caption Mohamed Sadek for NPR Mohamed …

Global childcare crisis and the road for post-covid-19 recovery and resilience
3 years, 4 months ago

Global childcare crisis and the road for post-covid-19 recovery and resilience

Hindustan Times  

A year into the pandemic, we are no longer just worrying about progress on women’s equality coming to a standstill. In addition to reducing the undue burden of care, affordable and quality childcare frees mothers up to participate in the labour force and creates decent jobs for women in the childcare sector. The evidence review on the global childcare crisis …

Global study estimates 1.5 million children lost parents or grandparents to Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Global study estimates 1.5 million children lost parents or grandparents to Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — More than a million children around the world have lost a parent to Covid-19, and a total of 1.5 million have lost either a parent, a grandparent who helped care for them or some other relative responsible for their care, a new study finds. “Covid-19 has created this urgent crisis affecting children in almost every nation,” Dr. Susan …

For parents returning to the office this summer, child care is still a major issue
3 years, 7 months ago

For parents returning to the office this summer, child care is still a major issue

CNN  

New York CNN Business — The great reopening and return to pre-pandemic life is a tale of two timelines — and parents are caught in the middle. That means some parents, often mothers, will face a difficult decision about whether they can return to the office — because of care logistics or due to safety concerns as young children aren’t …

Editorial: Child care is in crisis, but we can fix it — and help the economy, too
3 years, 8 months ago

Editorial: Child care is in crisis, but we can fix it — and help the economy, too

LA Times  

Our pandemic-stricken society cheered the brave first-responders and medical crews who confronted COVID-19 risks every day, thanked grocery workers and tipped delivery people extra. Nearly a third of the children in need of child care went without it; their parents relied on a patchwork of family and friends for help, sometimes working fewer hours as a result. The crisis in …

Opinion: Caregivers are essential workers. It’s time we recognize them as such
3 years, 9 months ago

Opinion: Caregivers are essential workers. It’s time we recognize them as such

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Warren is the senior US senator from Massachusetts and a former Democratic candidate for President in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has made it clear how caregivers – including child care, home care and nursing home workers – are essential to achieving this vision. Child care workers like Rosa Carreño in California witnessed a system on the verge …

Women in the workforce: Some mothers can’t drop out in Covid pandemic but have no choice
4 years, 1 month ago

Women in the workforce: Some mothers can’t drop out in Covid pandemic but have no choice

CNN  

CNN — Before the pandemic hit, Juanita Dutton was working hard. Courtesy Juanita Dutton “I didn’t see how I can pay for day care and go to work at the same time,” she said. Shutterstock “It’s no coincidence that that is also when schools were supposed to start across the country,” said C. Nicole Mason, executive director and CEO of …

Childcare centers fear closing as caregivers sit home waiting for Covid test results
4 years, 3 months ago

Childcare centers fear closing as caregivers sit home waiting for Covid test results

NL Times  

Childcare centers are struggling to manage their staffing levels as more and more employees are at home with Covid-19-like symptoms, waiting for their test results, according to the trade associations for Social Childcare and Childcare. "Employees with cold symptoms sometimes have to wait almost a week for a corona test and the results and sit at home on the couch …

Day Care, Grandparent, Pod Or Nanny? How To Manage The Risks Of Pandemic Child Care
4 years, 4 months ago

Day Care, Grandparent, Pod Or Nanny? How To Manage The Risks Of Pandemic Child Care

NPR  

Day Care, Grandparent, Pod Or Nanny? "If there is a surge of COVID-19 cases or a very high rate of infection in the community, it probably would not be a good idea for child care facilities to open," Tan says. "The riskiest child care option," she says, "would be a large day care center that has not implemented the basic …

1 In 5 Child Care Jobs Were Lost Since Pandemic Started. Women Are Affected Most
4 years, 4 months ago

1 In 5 Child Care Jobs Were Lost Since Pandemic Started. Women Are Affected Most

NPR  

1 In 5 Child Care Jobs Were Lost Since Pandemic Started. According to a report released Wednesday, more than 1 out of 5 of the nearly 1 million people employed in the U.S. as child care providers in February have lost their jobs. Women account for 95% of the child care workforce, so they have felt the impact of those …

Without childcare, it will be a rough road to recovery
4 years, 4 months ago

Without childcare, it will be a rough road to recovery

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Work Transformed newsletter. Single parents, parents of young children and parents who can’t work from home are the groups most at risk of leaving their jobs due to a lack of childcare, reports CNN Business’ Anneken Tappe. Setting up a childcare facility in three weeks One way businesses can help …

Child care has been safe during the pandemic. That could be a good sign for schools
4 years, 4 months ago

Child care has been safe during the pandemic. That could be a good sign for schools

LA Times  

Natalie Perez takes the temperature of Emily Lucatero, 9, before entering Chase Avenue Elementary School during the Cajon Valley Union School District’s Emergency Child Care Program on May 5, 2020 in El Cajon, California. “Even if the kids are all right, you still need to have teachers and staff in elementary schools.” But if the community transmission rate is low, …

US COVID: child care closures disproportionally affect women
4 years, 4 months ago

US COVID: child care closures disproportionally affect women

Al Jazeera  

A survey found that 13 percent of working parents had to resign or reduce work hours because of a lack of child care. “Now it’s like I’m in purgatory.” The pandemic upended child care plans for many parents in the US, forcing them – particularly mothers – to grapple with tough choices that are only becoming more difficult as states …

Health, well-being and food security of families deteriorating under Covid-19 stress
4 years, 5 months ago

Health, well-being and food security of families deteriorating under Covid-19 stress

Hindustan Times  

The ongoing disruptive changes from efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 are having a substantial negative impact on the physical and mental well-being of parents and their children across the country, according to a new national survey. Top-line results showed: - 27% of parents reported worsening mental health for themselves - 14% reported worsening behavioural health for their children …

U.S. Faces 'A Child Care Emergency,' Biden Says In Unveiling $775 Billion Plan
4 years, 5 months ago

U.S. Faces 'A Child Care Emergency,' Biden Says In Unveiling $775 Billion Plan

NPR  

U.S. Faces 'A Child Care Emergency,' Biden Says In Unveiling $775 Billion Plan Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 3 p.m. The proposal, which Biden outlined in a speech Tuesday afternoon, would emphasize tax credits and state funding subsidies to make child care more affordable and accessible, and make …

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