"He loves spending time with his children before and after school, which can sometimes mean logging on a couple of minutes late and making up that time later. The New Hampshire couple is among the 67% of US families with both parents working full time. Business Insider spoke with nearly a dozen working millennial coupleswho are also trying to minimize hired help at a time when daycare costs are outpacing overall inflation."
"For many families, professional childcare simply isn't in the budget, so they rely on a patchwork of relatives, afterschool programs, and flexible schedules. In Jacksonville, Florida, Austin Bader, 41, an aircraft examiner, and his fiancée, Shawna Townsend, used to lean on Townsend's mother and niece to care for their young son. They also paid her mom $650 for one summer. They used the city's free summer camp and after-sch"
Dual-income millennial families frequently struggle with time and financial pressures as childcare costs rise faster than overall inflation. Many families avoid full-time paid daycare because budgets are tight, instead relying on remote-work flexibility, relatives, afterschool programs, free summer camps, and paying family members for occasional help. Remote or flexible schedules allow parents to handle drop-offs and pickups and sometimes log work time flexibly. Return-to-office mandates and stricter company policies increase stress and reduce available flexibility. Some parents trade income or work hours so a parent can care for children during early years to save on childcare expenses.
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