When parents need back-up care, that typically means hiring a sitter, which costs an average of $25 per hour nationwide (and ...

As students head back to school, many parents struggle to pay for child care for preschoolers, or for older children once school is done for the day.

For child care businesses, state-mandated teacher to child staffing ratios mean paying teacher salaries and benefits dominate ...

Families have it a bit better in Denver. There, child care costs nearly $1,600 a month per child on average, 18% of the ...