Last fall, Gisela Sance’s landlord approached her family about raising the rent. He wanted $2,000 a month, an astonishing hike over the $1,300 she and her husband were paying for the house they lived ...

Around 1,000 people from different countries attended a conference hosted by the National Association for Family Child Care, ...

This story was originally published by The Daily Yonder. Chris Nelson teaches preschool in rural Vermont, just a few miles from the Canadian border, but not in the school or child care center most ...

When legislators think about the childcare sector, they must be mindful of family childcare as well as childcare centers. For many families, childcare centers are unaffordable and hard to access. Home ...

Home-based child care is too often misunderstood and undervalued. It’s not babysitting — it’s early childhood education. Home-based providers are trained professionals, licensed small business owners ...

I retired from the practice of family child care last December after 29 years. That same month, I attended a funeral for Deanna Robles, an amazing family child care provider and early care and ...

Deetra Stewart provided home-based child care for more than two decades before her homeowners association decided they had a problem with it. She recalled being “shocked and horrified” by what felt ...

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Lakethia Clark has spent most of her adult life taking care of children, first at a church day care and later in a child care center. She loves children, but after 15 years, she was ...

Most politicians don’t even try to enact universal systems — the cost and complexity are daunting, and child care has long ...

Proposed legislation would bar most homeowners associations in Nevada from prohibiting licensed home-based childcare operations within their communities. (Getty Images) Deetra Stewart provided ...