Childcare and Preschool

5+ hour, 47+ min ago   (1748+ words) Stacia Bourne (left) and her mother, Mary Jo Galusha, spend time with Bourne's children at Galusha's home in Newark, Delaware. Galusha, a retired schoolteacher, moved from Idaho to assist her daughter's family. With rising childcare costs in the U.S., grandparents are…...

6+ hour, 47+ min ago   (590+ words) By Mary Ellen Klas Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026 | 2 a.m. Should the federal government give subsidies to parents who stay home to care for their young kids? Absolutely. Should it also subsidize childcare for working parents? For sure. This shouldn’t be an either-or question,…...

20+ hour, 41+ min ago   (74+ words) Auron MacIntyre and Kevin Dolan on the system that delays family — and calls it progress...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (194+ words) Child Rearing Tips: Practical Advice for the Long Haul Raising children is equal parts rewarding and exhausting. There is no perfect …...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (578+ words) Diapers stocked along an aisle at a Market Basket in Salem, New Hampshire. By ZACH LAIRD, InDepthNH.org CONCORD — As a fellow mother with a young child that noticed diaper costs continuing to rise over time, Rep. Carrie Sorensen, D-Portsmouth…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1154+ words) For the past few weeks, I have been filling in teaching English to adults while their regular teacher undergoes medical treatment. I expected to teach vocabulary, pronunciation and conversation. I did not expect the experience to fundamentally challenge the way…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1774+ words) Grandparents are shopping for a moment. Parents are shopping for a year. That’s the entire disagreement, and once you see it that way it stops feeling personal. There’s also a quieter piece nobody says at the table: for a lot…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (249+ words) With the rising cost of living, some parents may find that both mother and father must stay in the workforce in order to afford expenses it takes to raise a family. However, since child care costs an average of $13,184 annually…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (67+ words) As candidates for governor vow to tackle cost-of-living, childcare expenses hold back Michigan’s economy and strain household budgets, experts say. Michigan parents can't afford childcare. The governor's race could change that The littlest Michiganders come with some of the biggest…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1508+ words) Giving up a second paycheck can change far more than your monthly budget. Here's what to consider before your family makes the switch. It's a question that comes up often among new parents and there's surprisingly little information out there…...