Child care sites across the country are facing immense challenges hiring and retaining staff amid a shortage of good jobs, leaving parents struggling to find care and placing increasing stress on the ...

Participation in the labor force has surged among women in their prime working years. But for those with children under 5, the gains may have peaked. By Sydney Ember Jessica Cuevas loved her job as a ...

Laura Pacific would love to find a job — if she could afford child care for her 10-year-old son. The 35-year-old single mom faces a common predicament for many U.S. parents, and especially women, as ...

According to the Center for American Progress, more than 2 million parents of young children had to quit or turn down jobs each year from 2016 to 2018 due to difficulties finding affordable child-care ...

A young boy enters the toddler room with his mother at the KinderCare Child Development Center at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas April 18, 2024. Credit: Jackie Valley/The Christian Science Monitor The ...