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SF parents
fromKqed
9 hours ago

Even Some Tech Workers Can't Afford to Stay When the Bay is This Expensive | KQED

Rising Bay Area child care and housing costs force families to trade off careers, work hours, or relocation, reshaping community life and personal choices.
California
fromKqed
4 months ago

California's Cost of Living Keeps Climbing - How Are You Coping? | KQED

Rising California costs—rent, housing payments, utilities, child care, insurance and groceries—are forcing residents into painful trade-offs and lifestyle sacrifices.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

Why child care could be 'at a standstill' as California plans not to expand subsidized spaces

In my mind, I plan to pay for child care until she doesn't need it anymore,
California
California
fromKqed
4 months ago

California's Cost of Living Keeps Climbing - How Are You Coping? | KQED

High living costs in California force residents into difficult trade-offs like cutting essentials, delaying homeownership, or moving away.
fromParents
5 months ago

What No One Tells You About Working From Home With a Baby

We did not, however, come up with a comprehensive child care plan. This may seem like an oversight, but I didn't know what I wanted. My husband has a full-time job, and I'm a freelancer who works from home; my schedule changes often. It was hard to know how much child care I would be able to do when I didn't quite know what a day with a baby entailed. We decided we'd get started on our own, and then hire part-time help to fill in the gaps.
Parenting
Parenting
fromNon Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
8 months ago

This Summer, Parents Stitched Together Child Care to Give Their Kids a 'Space for Black Joy' - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Rising summer child care costs and scarce culturally affirming options make safe, affordable summer care especially difficult for Black families.
Parenting
fromStartribune
8 months ago

Remote policies helped women work. In-office mandates and childcare costs are driving them back out

High child care costs and low workplace flexibility are forcing many mothers with young children to leave the workforce despite prior pandemic-era employment gains.
Women
fromAol
8 months ago

They were told they could have it all. So why are so many moms leaving their jobs?

Rising child-care costs and workplace inflexibility are driving many mothers of young children out of the labor force, risking long-term career and earnings losses.
fromUSA TODAY
8 months ago

They were told they could have it all. So why are so many moms leaving their jobs?

Miya Walker, 25, wasn't worried about child care costs when she was pregnant with her son in 2021. Her data analyst role was remote, and her mom was around when she needed help. But after her son was born in April 2022, her employer pushed going back to the office, an hourlong drive from her home in Snellville, Georgia. Then, her mom's arthritis flared up.
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