How to Solve the Summer-Child-Care Nightmare
For one, stop pretending we don’t need to.
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Alec Soth / Magnum American Women Are at a Breaking Point
In the U.S., government support for families seems transgressive. It shouldn’t be.
Eli Reed / Magnum The Problem With ‘Affordable’ Child Care
The service is essential to families and communities. It should be free.
Illustration by Katie Martin. Source: Getty. The Paradox of Stay-at-Home Parents
American society is largely built around the assumption that one parent will stay home. So why is there so little material support for homemakers?
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: yu-ji / Getty. America’s Latest Health-Care Debacle Has an Absurd Cause
Millions of people are losing Medicaid because of paperwork.
Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. American Family Life Should Not Be This Volatile
Welcome to the age of tremors.
Gueorgui Pinkhassov / Magnum A Tragically American Approach to the Child-Care Crisis
The U.S. is returning to a tired old playbook: If at first you fail to make something a universal right, try making it an employee benefit.
Gordon Parks / Heritage Art / Getty The Summer-Camp Feeding Frenzy Has Already Begun
The “every family for itself” approach to child care in the U.S. means parents’ options for three months of the year are shelling out for expensive camps, fighting for limited slots in affordable programs, or nothing.
Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic; Irving Haberman / Getty America’s Child-Care Equilibrium Has Shattered
Although care is expensive for parents—often obscenely so—providers are paid a pittance. And now there isn’t even enough expensive child care to go around.
Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty How to Quit Intensive Parenting
It’s the prevailing American child-rearing model across class lines. But there’s a better way.
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