Nearly 40% of Washington parents reported quitting their jobs due to childcare disruptions, highlighting the significant impact of childcare costs on the workforce.
"Child care is expensive because it's just very, very labor intensive... For anyone who's not having to buy a bunch of labor-intensive services, that's great news, but if you're in this period of your life where one of your main expenses is having to get child care, then it's more complicated."
"We wouldn't have made any money, essentially, if we paid for child care... It has put us in a position where now we have to be a little more paycheck-to-paycheck."
Some political leaders are working to increase funding for childcare programs, with Senator Patty Murray securing over $1 billion for federal childcare this year.
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