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Counting the cost of childcare in the US

2025/5/4
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Allison Harrison
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Elliot Haspel
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Gregory Brinder
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Lucy Lee
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Mary Cheng
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Monica Miller
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Sarah Rittling
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Sydney Gleckler
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Monica Miller: 美国托儿费用高昂,远高于其他发达国家,这给美国家庭带来了巨大的经济压力。托儿服务提供商也面临经济困境,高员工流动率是由于倦怠和低薪导致的。 Allison Harrison: 美国缺乏全国性的带薪产假政策,这给父母带来了巨大的经济和身体压力。高昂的托儿费用迫使她不得不尽快回到工作岗位,即使她想多陪伴孩子。美国缺乏全民医保,这使得她需要工作来维持家庭的医疗保险。 Sydney Gleckler: 高昂的托儿费用(每月约4000美元)占用了他们家庭收入的很大一部分,这让她和她的丈夫在工作和家庭之间难以平衡。 Mary Cheng: 疫情后,托儿机构面临最大的挑战是留住合格的员工,员工倦怠和离职率高。低薪是导致早教老师离开这个行业的主要原因。 Lucy Lee: 低薪和高强度的工作压力让她考虑转行。 Gregory Brinder: 早期儿童教育工作者的薪酬远低于中小学教师,导致人才流失。托儿机构运营成本高,难以支付员工工资,政府预算削减也对托儿机构造成威胁。 Elliot Haspel: 美国托儿费用高昂的原因在于人力成本高和公共补贴不足。 Sarah Rittling: 美国国会正在讨论一些法案,旨在通过税收抵免等方式减轻托儿费用负担。高昂的托儿费用给美国经济造成巨大损失,阻碍了家庭、托儿工作者和企业的发展。 supporting_evidences Allison Harrison: 'Well, unfortunately, in the state of Pennsylvania where I live, there is no leave or anything before...' Sydney Gleckler: 'They considered putting them in full-day child care, but it would have cost roughly $4,000 per month...' Mary Cheng: 'We saw such fear of people coming back to work after that...' Lucy Lee: 'Staff are like, I want to do this work in this setting...' Gregory Brinder: 'In the U.S., local taxpayers and governments pay the costs of public education...' Elliot Haspel: 'He says there are two pieces to the equation...' Sarah Rittling: 'including the Child Care Availability and Affordability Act...'

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Raising a child is expensive - and in the US, families can pay more than their monthly rent to cover childcare and enable them to get back to work.

We find out why costs in the US are so high compared to the rest of the world.

We hear from parents who are struggling to make ends meet, and speak to providers who say they're operating in a difficult environment.

Produced and presented by Monica Miller

(Image: Children running through a daycare centre in the US. Credit: Getty Images)