Young students at The Learning Lamp Center for Children in Somerset participate in a ceremonial ribbon-cutting to celebrate the completion of its 'Child Care Works for Somerset' campaign. About three-quarters of US adults see child care costs as a 'major problem.' Photo: THOMAS SLUSSER/The Tribune-Democrat/AP
Americans overwhelmingly view the cost of childcare as a significant issue, and most support initiatives to offer free or low-cost daycare and to require employers to provide paid family leave for parents of babies, according to a new poll.
But they're divided over how to solve the problem and what role the government should have in that solution.
