Raising young kids is an emotional roller coaster. Birth is hard. The identity transformation is real. And society is not set up to help families balance work and helping tiny humans grow.
There’s a lot of info out there about early childhood. This newsletter is your place to get caught up on the big topics that are most important to you and your family. We do the heavy lifting for you to sort through the news and curate key reads and resources about issues affecting families with children ages 0–5. We share information about everything from how to navigate your first pregnancy and how state policies like transitional kindergarten affect early education, to what awesome children’s books to read next.
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Raising kids?
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Family child care providers in the union will get $90 million in one-time payments to help stabilize the industry. -
The survey, done every month since 2021, found that the number of child care providers struggling economically is rising. -
A family shelter in Woodland Hills unveils a new Head Start center on site, one of only a few such shelters in the state. -
The estimated number of unsheltered children and teens under 18 in the county went up this year, and data suggests larger families especially are struggling. -
Childcare providers face high costs, low pay and a changing landscape as California adopts universal transitional kindergarten. -
In 2021, California launched an ambitious plan to make transitional kindergarten available by the 2025-26 school year, creating a brand new grade level.
