In 38 states, a year of infant care now costs more than a year of in-state college tuition. Meanwhile, the people caring for our kids earn near-poverty wages, and many daycare centers run on margins so thin that one broken furnace can close their doors. This isn't a red-state or blue-state thing.

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The Childcare Math Problem: When Working Barely Covers Daycare

Why a second paycheck no longer guarantees a family comes out ahead—and why that’s an economy-wide problem, not a parenting one The Kitchen-Table Calculation It happens at kitchen tables acro…