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“We’re literally going to destroy a generation of upward mobility,” Amico said. “A lot of us have known for a long time that childcare is not a personal issue. It’s an economic one for working moms.”

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Childcare isn’t coming back at the same rate as jobs — and, statistically, women will pick up most of the slack. According to http://BLS.gov"> http://BLS.gov , “married mothers with full-time jobs spent 56 percent more time doing childcare and housework than corresponding fathers”. 3/
One reason childcare hasn’t come back? Our federal government has spent more money — and effort — bailing out a single airline than we’ve spent helping the nation’s entire childcare system. Given the # of jobs held by working parents that makes no sense. 4/ #43b3f39d4e0a">https://www.forbes.com/sites/hollycorbett/2020/07/31/the-motherhood-penalty--the-covid-economy/ #43b3f39d4e0a">https://www.forbes.com/sites/hol...
Even before #COVID19 83% of parents of children under 5 said finding good, affordable childcare nearby was a “a serious problem”. Now #coronavirus has compounded this issue — especially for Black and Latina women overrepresented in essential worker jobs. 5/ https://www.vox.com/2020/7/16/21324192/covid-schools-reopening-daycare-child-care-coronavirus">https://www.vox.com/2020/7/16...
Overrepresentation among essential worker jobs — most of which cannot be done via remote working — combined with the fact that 74% of Black women are the breadwinner in their family, makes the #coronavirus childcare crisis particularly hard for working Black moms. 6/
The childcare crunch is on top of a devastating wage gap for BIPOC women. @nwlc reports the working mom wage gap amounts to $18,000 in lost income annually. For Black moms, that # is $30k. Latina moms: $35k. Over 40 yrs that’s >$1 million in lost wages. 7/ https://www.marketplace.org/2019/05/10/cost-of-being-working-mother-18000-per-year/">https://www.marketplace.org/2019/05/1...
#COVID19 has brought America’s childcare crisis to a head; the implications could be felt for decades. Policymakers must address this issue now — esp for working moms & single parents — if we want to revitalize our economy in the months and years ahead. 8/ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/07/23/child-care-crisis-pandemic-economy-impact-women-380412">https://www.politico.com/news/maga...
Labor Economist Betsey Stevenson: “We are letting the whole child care system erode in such a way that it’s not going to be there for us when we are fully ready to go back.” As that forces some women to leave the workforce, they could face a lifelong drag on their earnings. 9/
How we rebuild our economy post #COVID19 will say a lot about what, and who, America values. We’ll come back stronger if we address systemic inequity by race, gender, and class — including the affordable childcare conundrum.

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