Daycare costs are through the roof. When I lived in Virginia it cost $30,000 a year for a single child to go to a bottom tier daycare. That’s a mortgage. I know live in OKC and it is $15,000, which is definitely nice, but making daycare a family right would be a huge burden off working family’s backs and allow families to contribute more to the economy and pursue their dreams. This is doubly important with food prices and inflation being so bad which requires many families to have both parents working. Also, think of the single parent homes that this would help too!
I live in Virginia now and it’s still through the roof. My husband and I had to move in with my in laws to save for a house. Between the housing market and daycare eating our income we’re still at square one.