Marie Holmes is the parenting reporter at HuffPost. Her work has appeared in Scary Mommy, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post and other publications. She lives with her wife and their two children in New York City.
Ask any American with young children what their No. 1 household expense is, and you’ll hear the same answer almost every time: child care. Each family finds its own way to manage. Some parents are pushed out of the workforce. Others work jobs they wouldn’t take otherwise or hold down multiple jobs in order to meet their families’ needs.
Peterich’s 3.5-year-old son qualifies for two hours and forty minutes of public preschool, four days a week, because he has an Individualized Education Plan available to any child with special needs. She believes her daughter will qualify for similar services due to her hearing loss. This free public care will continue after Peterich leaves the workforce.
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