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  "path": "/parenting/articles/1234992220/childcare-disruptions-cost-70-billion-annually/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-15T16:05:01.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.sheknows.com",
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  "textContent": "That childcare is cripplingly expensive has been well-established: It can consume up to 40% of household spending, totaling about $30,000 a year as a family’s largest expense. It’s why even families making $400,000 are struggling with childcare, and why it now costs over $300,000 to raise a child to the age of 18 in the […]",
  "title": "Childcare Disruptions Are Costing the U.S. Up to $70 Billion a Year. But Companies Supporting Parents Can Turn It Around"
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