This story was originally published by The 19th on April 2, 2024. For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families who send children to the day cares she runs navigate America’s ...

Sarah Foster, 35, quit her job in the summer of 2024 after the stress of parenting and working full time led to anxiety, depression, vascular disease and chronic pain in her neck and shoulders. She ...

As a growing number of states establish universal pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds, New Mexico is taking it one step further and offering universal child care—the first in the nation to do so ...

Devette Wright, a child care provider, reads to children outside the 24-hour child care center at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., in June 2024. (Center staff) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Lakethia Clark has spent most of her adult life taking care of children, first at a church day care and later in a child care center. She loves children, but after 15 years, she was ...