How did childcare in the US become so absurdly expensive?
By Robin Buller
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“There’s just a huge mental load and burden that parents have to take on to navigate the system, because it wasn’t designed to meet their needs,” said Stephanie Schmit, director of the childcare team at the Center for Law and Social Policy (Clasp).
Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/childcare-daycare-cost-absurdly-expensive