#childcare-crisis
#childcare-crisis

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The school calendar wasn't built for working parents and it shows

It's a random Tuesday in October, and your kids are home again. A national holiday? Nope. A snow day. Not even a speck of frost on the ground. It's Professional Development Day or Parent-Teacher Conference Half Day or one of the 15 other noninstructional days that appear in the school calendar like little landmines for anyone with a full-time job.

Parenting

Women

fromThe Queen Zone

3 weeks ago

13 Reasons Why So Many Women Are Choosing Freedom Over Full-Time Jobs

Many women are leaving full-time jobs and shifting to independent work seeking autonomy, flexibility, balance due to RTO mandates, childcare costs, and pay gaps.

US news

fromFortune

1 month ago

The Great Exit: Return-to-office demands and skyrocketing childcare push young mothers out of the workforce | Fortune

Stricter return-to-office mandates and high childcare costs in 2025 prompted many U.S. mothers, especially college-educated mothers of young children, to leave or reduce work.

Parenting

fromABC7 San Francisco

3 months ago

San Mateo County parents and providers search for solution to childcare, workforce crises

Childcare costs in San Mateo County are unsustainable, negatively impacting parents' workforce participation.

Miscellaneous

fromIndependent

4 months ago

'I started looking when I was three months' pregnant and was told there's a two-year waiting list' - counting the true cost of childcare

Parents are facing a childcare crisis with rising costs and limited availability, impacting their work-life balance.