Texas governor announces bars can reopen Friday with restrictions

Plans to reopen in El Paso and Amarillo, two hotspot regions, are delayed a week.

• May 19, 2020

Working from home: Tony Dokoupil & Katy Tur

The married "CBS This Morning" co-host and MSNBC anchor have each had to make do broadcasting from their basement. They share with us how they balance on-air interviews with child care.

• May 17, 2020
• 4:18

Study: Women working more hours than ever

A new study shows that women are working more hours than ever and still carrying the bulk of the domestic workload. According to a more than 40-year-long study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research, men and women can no longer afford to work less if they want accessible child care. CityLab staff writer Sarah Holder joined "CBSN AM" to discuss the study.

• Dec 3, 2019
• 5:15

Iowans combat rising child care costs

In Iowa, where the caucuses are just a few days away, families struggle to keep afloat with the rising costs of child care. Iowans who may not make enough to make ends meet also don’t qualify for state and federal assistance. Nikole Killion speaks to moms about how they deal with the gap to raise their families, for the CBS News series "Every State has a Story."

• Jan 31, 2020
• 4:01

Iowa parents struggle with high child care costs

Iowa is filled with young parents struggling to find affordable child care. The state has one of the lowest unemployment rates, but leads the nation in families where both parents work outside the home. Nikole Killion has more.

• Jan 31, 2020
• 1:56

Parents feel anxiety as schools close

Thirty-three states are closing public schools to stop the spread of the coronavirus. At least 32.5 million students from kindergarten through 12th grade are affected. Meg Oliver reports from her home in New Jersey, where her kids are also home from school, on how the sudden closures are forcing parents and guardians to find child care at a moment's notice.

• Mar 16, 2020
• 3:20

What to expect if schools close for the rest of the year

Parents are already scrambling to cope with kids staying home – for some, it could last the rest of the school year.

• Mar 18, 2020

Women do more grunt work at home, no matter their pay or education

Doing the lion's share of unpaid labor is hindering women's career advancement and stunting their pay, study shows.

• Jan 23, 2020

Applause, and scorn, for Japanese official taking paternity leave

Japan has an extremely generous government paternity leave policy, but almost nobody in the workaholic nation takes advantage of it.

• Jan 16, 2020

26 children found behind false wall at daycare center

Officers reported finding most of the children sweating, visibly dehydrated and with wet or soiled diapers.

• Dec 27, 2019

Mom loses 4 children in day care fire: "My babies are gone"

Day care center where children could stay overnight as their parents worked was ravaged by a fire that killed five and sent the owner to the hospital

• Aug 12, 2019

What Joe Biden said in his op-ed on working parents

An op-ed Biden wrote nearly 40 years ago became a point of contention in last night's debate. Here's what it said

• Aug 1, 2019

Target's expanded paid family leave includes part-time workers

As labor market tightens, the retailer offers new family-care perks to all its 360,000 full-time and part-time employees

• Jun 11, 2019

How to successfully divide child care and chores at home

One study estimates it will be another 75 years before men do half of the unpaid work at home

• May 9, 2019

Childcare in China is truly a family affair

In our World of Mothers series, we are exploring what motherhood means around the globe. In this installment, we are in China where childcare is truly a family affair. A 2017 report found grandparents help raise children during their pre-kindergarten years in more than three-quarters of Chinese families. Ben Tracy reports from Beijing.

• Mar 7, 2019
• 5:08

In China, childcare is truly a family affair

It's a big part of why China has one of the highest rates of women in the workforce in the world

• Mar 7, 2019

"Au pairs" in U.S. often treated as servants, critics say

Special visas promoted as fostering cultural exchange are being exploited to provide cheap labor

• Aug 20, 2018

Hospital designed from child's point of view

A new hospital in California was designed from a child’s point of view. There are fun things to do and lots of distractions. Doctors say this helps make their stay much easier to handle -- not only for the young patients but the parents too. John Blackstone reports.

• May 27, 2018
• 3:12

"I absolutely see a sea change": How moms in politics change the game

Liuba Gretchen Shirley made history this week when she won an FEC request to have her campaign pay for childcare. She hopes it's one change among many

• May 13, 2018

Another money worry for your retirement: Kids

Every child you have to raise increases the odds you'll be at risk for not having enough money in retirement

• Sep 19, 2017

Stay-at-home parenting can cost more than just salary

Work or stay home when a baby arrives? With childcare costs surging, employees face tough decisions

• Aug 21, 2017

Where's the wage growth? Try babysitting

American parents are paying more than ever to have their kids watched, but the going rate varies greatly by city

• Apr 19, 2017

Parents fight for higher wages for childcare workers

When a group of New York parents discovered the people providing care at Bright Horizons hadn’t seen much of a raise, they decided to ask for one

• Feb 23, 2017

Fixing child care: How Trump and Clinton compare

Both have plans aimed at helping parents cope with the rising cost of child care, but one goes a lot further

• Nov 3, 2016

Can you afford to have kids? Here’s how to tell

No doubt, raising a child means spending a chunk of change -- but with some savvy planning, you can do it

• Oct 13, 2016

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