Childcare & Early Education

September 11, 2024

Time flies–my 11-year-old started his first year in middle school last month. Between schoolwork, swim team practice, Math Olympiad, and violin lessons, he’s so busy that he can hardly breathe. But these are all his own choices–I tried to help him cut down on some activities, but he wouldn’t hear...

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To-wen Tseng

Childcare & Early Education MomsVote Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

August 13, 2024

En Español Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care When it comes to fixing our nation’s broken child care system, our leaders must address the worsening pay gap and low wages of Early Childhood Educators along with issues of child care...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

August 13, 2024

En Español Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care. Families could have had child care decades ago… Video of Families could have had child care decades ago… Today, as moms, children and families struggle to access and afford quality...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsVote Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

August 12, 2024

En Español Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care What designates an area as a child care desert, what even is a child care desert? According to our friends at the Center for American Progress, a child care desert is “any census tract...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Childcare & Early Education

July 19, 2024

Cuando mi primogénito tenía dos años descubrí una pequeña guardería encantadora que quedaba a unos diez minutos a pie de mi casa. Era perfecta: el horario funcionaba para nosotros, tenía educadores que hablaban español y le daban comida casera a mi hijo. ¡Incluso tenía un espacio al aire libre...

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Diana Limongi

Childcare & Early Education

July 18, 2024

When my firstborn was two years old, I discovered a lovely little child care center that was about a 10 minute walk from my home. It was perfect: it had the hours that worked for us, it had Spanish-speaking educators, and fed my child home-cooked meals. It also had an outdoor space in the back! (If...

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Diana Limongi

Childcare & Early Education

July 18, 2024

It’s summer time! The kids are out of school, and everyone’s frantically scrambling to find child care (fingers crossed), summer camps (thoughts & prayers, y’all), or just winging it (sending big hugs). Before all the summer madness, we took a deep dive into a topic that’s absolutely vital for...

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Lauren Hipp

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising Near You

July 9, 2024

Washington is facing a child care crisis. According to the Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families, it’s estimated more than 600,000 Washington kids who need care because all available parents are working currently aren’t getting state licensed child care. The cost of high-quality...

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Maggie Humphreys

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Childcare & Early Education

July 8, 2024

Summer is here and our kiddos are out of school and while it may be all fun and games for them, parents are often stuck scrambling to find child care options before the summer season even begins. While kids may be happy about it – summer often sends parents into a spiral that starts way before the...

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Diana Limongi

Childcare & Early Education

July 1, 2024

The RISERS program will help participants learn how our federal government works, how they can advocate for their communities for family-friendly policies, and have access to opportunities to put those skills into practice to create change. They learn how to share their stories, talk to lawmakers, mobilize their fellow parents, and become leaders in their own communities.

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Diana Limongi