child care
Example Sentences
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They typically are unemployed or hold low-paying jobs, making it all but impossible to meet the cost of both rent and child care.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
His mother couldn’t afford child care, so Allen often accompanied her at the studio, where he soaked up tapings of “Sanford and Son” and “The Tonight Show.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Even families who would be considered well-off elsewhere are struggling to cover necessities like child care and housing in the city, and the run of inflation following the pandemic has made things worse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Another time she couldn’t find child care on the day of a game — a Mother’s Day game.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
These are the qualities that welfare - to-work job-training programs often seek to inculcate, though I suspect that most welfare recipients already possess them, or would if their child care and transportation problems were solved.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
