child care

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The greatest threat to middle-class happiness may not be the cost of child care.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Her schedule was changed to prevent run-ins with the chief, which made it difficult for her to obtain child care and prevented her from working overtime, she said in the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Lower-income families may also qualify for state or federal child care subsidies, but those have growing waitlists, too.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Courts instead look at factors such as each parent’s income and who is paying for child care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Those hours of passive availability are considered part of the forty-five hours of child care she would owe the Zamborskas.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg