daycare
8 qualities to seek when choosing a childcare provider
Finding care you trust changes everything. Use these eight qualities—and the questions that go with them—to spot a setting where your child can thrive and you can breathe easier.
How much does daycare really cost? Moms across the U.S. share the shocking range
If you’ve ever wondered how much daycare might set you back, you’re not alone.
Catch-22: No job, no childcare; no childcare, no job
Long waitlist times and the exorbitant price of childcare create barriers for me, as a woman, to return to the workforce—a challenge I’m sure many other mothers face as well.
Many daycares don’t allow breast milk after 1 year of age
There’s a disconnect between medical guidance around extended breastfeeding and many mothers’ lived experience.
5 questions I’m asking daycare centers as an antiracist mama
As a working mom, I rely on my village of family, friends and daycare to help shape my child and their view of the world around them.
Long hours spent at daycare don’t cause behavior problems, study finds
Childcare centers in five countries were studied, including the US.
My 7-month-old caught COVID-19 at day care
Here's what I want you to know.
5 lies I believed about childcare before I became a childcare provider
Don't worry, mama—your baby's in good hands.
Moms are being forced to choose between their job and their kids in this pandemic
Parents are over 40% of the workforce and if schools and daycares remain closed, that leaves them in an impossible situation.
Lisa on feeling less depressed after returning to work and sending her kids to nursery
"Now there were people in my life appreciating me for my brain and my hard work and not because I was the lady with access to the fruit snacks and the TV remote."
Without childcare, 40% of working moms are working even more
The pandemic is fast-tracking burnout.
What’s safe and what’s not this summer for families? Experts weigh in
Are playdates safe? What about the beach? Here's what experts say.
In the day cares that stayed open, fewer than .2% of kids got COVID-19
What day cares that never closed can teach us as states fully reopen.
I’m sending my toddler to daycare for the first time—but I’m not ready
The idea of my son being outside the safety of our house—and isolation—is giving me so much anxiety.
This viral TikTok video about day care will make you laugh (and cry)
"Dear daycare" she writes over the sound of NSYNC hitting the beats to "I want you back."
Childcare is essential for parents—but the industry is in danger
There are 20 million kids under age 5 in this country, the majority of which normally receive some amount of paid care. We can't let this industry collapse.
How 17 real parents are handling childcare right now
"I'm running on fumes."
The child care industry was already a broken system—but this pandemic is exposing even more cracks
Our centuries-long lack of public investment in childcare has created a huge problem.