Other rich countries have family policies the US doesn’t.

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Every other high-income country in the world has a paid maternity leave policy. Most have a paternity leave policy, too. And usually some form of universal or subsidized child care for all families. The United States has… none of these policies.

It did have federally-funded child care once. And Congress even passed a universal child care policy in the 70s. But today, the US is stuck on a policy path of welfare and tax credits. So… why hasn’t the US been able to establish these common family policies?

The Promise of Preschool is a great dive into the history of child care policy in the US if you want to read more: [ Ссылка ]

And Anna Danziger Halperin’s research on the US and UK policies is fascinating: [ Ссылка ]

The OECD has put together profiles on almost every rich country and their child policies, look up yours: [ Ссылка ]

And UNICEF put together a great report on where rich countries stand with child care policies. The US is number 40 — out of 41.) [ Ссылка ]


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