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Loren Elliott/CalMattersThe overall number of 4-year-olds in transitional kindergarten has increased. But as the program is being phased in, the percentage of eligible children enrolling has dropped. -
Lydia Ely/InvestigateWestAalthough Oregon has invested tens of millions of dollars into expanding preschool and child care since 2019, that money has done little to improve access to infant and toddler care in some areas where it鈥檚 needed most.
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The state will stop taking applicantions for a day care subsidy program in November and will start a waitlist that could last 18 months. -
High costs and lack of options felt deeply in Eastern Oregon
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With a shortage of child care options in Oregon, state lawmakers want to put $100 million into a new program to increase capacity. -
In a system 鈥渞un on the backs of parents,鈥� Oregon child care providers continue to struggle through the pandemic -
California wants to restart in-person inspections of child care centers. Providers are worried that the inspectors, who may not be vaccinated, could jeopardize the health of their charges and their business. -
It's a reality of life in our time that few parents get to stay home full-time with the kids. So that makes child care very important to many families.鈥� -
Maybe you cringe when you watch other people discipline their kids. Maybe you cringe thinking about the way you guide your own children. Sarah鈥� -
Many women find it tough to go back to work after delivering a child. But economic realities limit most American women to around ten weeks off with the鈥� -
It costs more than $21,000 a year to put a child in child care in Oregon, on average.Which is a huge chunk of income for young families, and simply not鈥� -
Raise your child to be an individual. But not a jerk. Compassionate, but not wishy-washy. Strong, but sensitive. See, we get plenty of advice on parenting鈥�
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Oregon's long lag in recovering from the recession keeps median wages down. Unfortunately, Oregon is also a state in which child care costs are high鈥�
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The longstanding joke "my kids will need years of therapy to get over me" reflects our main concern about parenting: what are we doing to our children?鈥�
