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Progressives must show parents their vision for home-based childcare

by Moira O’Neil and Nat Kendall-Taylor, opinion contributors - 10/30/26 10:00 AM ET

by Moira O’Neil and Nat Kendall-Taylor, opinion contributors - 10/30/26 10:00 AM ET

Cara Penquite, Associated Press Meygan Maloney looks through a toy with her son Callum Wilson, 3, Aug. 28, 2026, at their home in Hartford City, Ind.

Real momentum is building around efforts to reform our country’s childcare system, which parents have told policymakers is too costly and inaccessible for the vast majority of American working families.

New York City just announced a new program that will provide free childcare to more than 10,000 children. Less than a year ago, New Mexico became the first state to offer universal, no-cost childcare regardless of family income.

Rep.…