May 2026 · Child Care In the United States, child care is a textbook market failure: unaffordable and inaccessible. Costs remain high, yet workers remain consistently underpaid. In Fair Care Marketplace, the Center for the American Family reenvisioned the care economy at the state level, combining the need for not only child care, but elder … Leave It to the States: Child Care in a New Age of Federalism
In a recent New York Times opinion piece by Hillary Clinton, she lays out a familiar case: families are struggling with high costs of living, child care, and health care and policymakers should provide targeted relief via tax credits, paid leave, and expanded health care and child care support. None of this is wrong, but it’s … Beyond Affordability: What Hillary Clinton’s Argument Gets Right and What it Misses
The Fair Care Marketplace is a proposal for states to fix the failed care economy. By connecting families to state-licensed care providers, streamlining payments and benefits, and supporting care workers with fair wages and protections, the marketplace addresses one of the most pressing challenges facing working families today: the high cost and shortage of quality … Introducing: The Fair Care MarketplacE
In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Jessica Grose explores the responses to a Times survey of nearly 2,000 mothers discussing their journey with parenthood. The resounding theme was the “motherhood penalty,” where women receive decreased earnings and job prospects after becoming parents. Conversely, men receive a “fatherhood premium” where they earn more … How to Address the “Motherhood Penalty”
We need to reframe our idea of the family. Too often, policymakers treat family policy as a series of entitlements. The family is seen as a cost center and a drain on the economy. Those on the left avoid framing policy as “family policy” to avoid defining what the “family” is and its traditional connotations. … THE AMERICAN FAMILY: engine and origin of the economy
This infographic explains the impact of tariffs of the average American family. As the news of tariffs changes quicky, this is subject to change with developing policies. In article from Babycenter, families spend as much as $20,000 within the first year of a child’s life. With new tariffs, families can count on spending even more.