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  "path": "/news/2026/04/13/rising-child-care-costs-force-parents-to-choose-career-or-kids/",
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  "textContent": "Rising child care prices leave many Bay Area parents with little choice but to turn down career opportunities, cut back hours, or even quit. As part of ⁠KQED’s new series on affordability,⁠ early childhood education reporter Daisy Nguyen introduces us to one mother who left her job as a teacher after the birth of her … Continue reading Rising Child Care Costs Force Parents to Choose: Career or Kids? →",
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