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Why the US doesn’t have universal child care (anymore)

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Other rich countries have family policies the US doesn’t.

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Every other high-income country in the world has a paid maternity leave policy. Most have a paternity leave policy, too. And usually some form of universal or subsidized child care for all families. The United States has… none of these policies.

It did have federally-funded child care once. And Congress even passed a universal child care policy in the 70s. But today, the US is stuck on a policy path of welfare and tax credits. So… why hasn’t the US been able to establish these common family policies?

The Promise of Preschool is a great dive into the history of child care policy in the US if you want to read more: https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195395075.001.0001/acprof-9780195395075

And Anna Danziger Halperin’s research on the US and UK policies is fascinating: https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D81K0T6T

The OECD has put together profiles on almost every rich country and their child policies, look up yours: https://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcare.htm

And UNICEF put together a great report on where rich countries stand with child care policies. The US is number 40 — out of 41.) https://gdc.unicef.org/resource/where-do-rich-countries-stand-childcare


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