Majority of U.S. adults say child care costs "major problem"


By Xia Lin
  • World
  • Friday, 11 Jul 2025

NEW YORK, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Americans overwhelmingly view the cost of child care as a significant issue, and most support initiatives to offer free or low-cost day care and to require employers to provide paid family leave for parents of babies, according to a poll released Thursday.

About three-quarters of U.S. adults see child care costs as a "major problem," but only about half say helping working families pay for child care should be a "high priority" for the federal government, according to the June poll from The Associated Press (AP)-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

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