#childcare — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #childcare, aggregated by home.social.
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Girl, 6, dies in school bus tragedy as workers 'leave her on board' in scorching heat
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/girl-6-dies-school-bus-37658992
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Nobody should stare at a screen for eight hours a day, but children especially shouldn't.
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Victorian regulator shuts down 65 day care centres, suspends educators
By Charmaine ManuelIgnite Minds is ordered to close scores of centres and four educators are suspended following an inspection blitz in Victoria.
#ChildCare #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCareServices #Safety #CharmaineManuel
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‘Our rota crew have the best summer’: parents share how they get through the school holiday https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/aug/16/parents-childcare-school-holidays #SchoolHolidays #Childcare #Children #Society #Money #ParentsAndParenting #UkNews #Family
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‘Our rota crew have the best summer’: parents share how they get through the school holiday
By Nicola Slawson and Amee JoshiAs research suggests six weeks of childcare can cost £1,145, parents are relying on spreadsheets, savings and sharing the load
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/aug/16/parents-childcare-school-holidays
#Schoolholidays #Childcare #Children #Society #Money #Parentsandparenting #UKnews #Family #TheGuardian #NicolaSlawson #AmeeJoshi
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Long overdue IRR for early childhood care law finally signed
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But that's the Tech Bros plan surely? They want our kids as broken and lonely as they are?
#TechBros #AI #AIToys #Technology #Childcare #Parenting #JonathanHaidt #TEDTalk
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Trump Says It Out Loud: GOP Prioritizes War Over Healthcare, Childcare, and Survival
Trump openly dismisses healthcare and childcare as scams, revealing a GOP agenda that prioritizes war over people and shifts the burden to struggling states.
#childcare #EconomicJustice #federalBudget #gop #healthcareCuts #Inequality #medicaid #Medicare #militarySpending #ProgressivePolitics #RedStates #socialSafetyNet #statesRights #Trump https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oOc -
When we invest in women’s stability, through #childcare, #housing, workplace #equality, and community care, #families, #communities, and #society all gain.
This #InternationalWomensDay, CPC‑CG’s research highlights the need for policies and structural support that expand reproductive freedom, ease gendered care pressures, and prepare #care systems for changing #family structures resulting from #demographic change.
Read the full story: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?story_id=776
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Minnesota’s most prominent #Somali American, Democratic US Rep #IlhanOmar, has urged people not to blame an entire community for the actions of a relative few.
#law #WhiteSupremacy #BlueStates #BlueCities #RevengePolitics #Trump #childcare #Minnesota #HHS
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Walz, the 2024 Democratic VP nominee, has said fraud will not be tolerated & his admin “will continue to work with federal partners to ensure fraud is stopped & fraudsters are caught.”
Walz has said an audit due by late Jan should give a better picture of the extent of the fraud. He said his admin is taking aggressive action to prevent additional fraud. He has long defended how his admin responded.
#law #WhiteSupremacy #BlueStates #BlueCities #RevengePolitics #Trump #childcare #Minnesota #HHS
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O’Neill, who is also serving as acting director of the #CDC, also said in the post Tuesday that payments across the #US through the #ACF, an agency within the #HHS, will now require “justification & a receipt or photo evidence” before money is sent. They have also launched a “fraud”-reporting hotline & email address, he said.
#law #WhiteSupremacy #BlueStates #BlueCities #RevengePolitics #Trump #childcare #Minnesota #HHS
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A federal prosecutor alleged earlier in December that half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 programs in #Minnesota since 2018 “may” have been stolen. Most of the defendants are #Somali Americans, they said.
#law #WhiteSupremacy #BlueStates #BlueCities #RevengePolitics #Trump #childcare #HHS
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#Trump admin says it's freezing #childcare funds to #Minnesota after series of “fraud” schemes
Deputy Secy of #RFKJr’s #HHS Jim O’Neill posted on X that the step is in response to “blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota & across the country.”
“We have turned off the money spigot & we are finding the fraud,” he said.
#law #BlueStates #BlueCities #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-child-care-funds-fraud-b511941de10f02fbb7349eff6738f748?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-30-Breaking+News -
Well, here's a good use of #AI. Now, let's make it so!!! This is the #GiantLeap we all need to survive!
I Asked #ChatGPT What Would Happen If #Billionaires Paid Taxes at the Same Rate as the #WorkingClass
Story by Laura Beck
10/23/2025Excerpts:
What That Money Could Actually Buy
"To put these numbers in perspective, ChatGPT explained what this kind of revenue could fund. Even the conservative estimate of $500 billion per year could pay for transformative programs.
"That amount could cover free public #college tuition, universal pre-K programs, massive #infrastructure investments and a huge #healthcare expansion. It could fund comprehensive #ChildCare support and #FoodAssistance programs.
"The AI emphasized that we’re talking about enough money to fundamentally change how the government operates and what services it can provide."
The Global Ripple Effects
"ChatGPT pointed out that if major economies like the United States started taxing billionaires at working-class rates, it could encourage similar moves worldwide.
"This might lead to reduced global tax avoidance, more coordinated international tax policies and pressure on tax havens to reform their systems.
"The AI said this could create a positive cycle where it becomes harder for the ultra-wealthy to avoid paying their fair share anywhere in the world."
#World3 #SolarPunk #PayYourFairShare #Billionaires #TaxTheRich #UltraWealthy #NoTaxHavens #SocietalChange #ShareTheWealth #SolarPunkSunday
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Universal Child Care Is Popular. New Mexico Showed Us How We Can Win It.
A vibrant, grassroots, bottom-up movement was behind the victory, offering a template that other states can follow. -
#ElizabethWarren on Why #Billionaires Are Doing All They Can to Stop #ZohranMamdani
The Massachusetts Democrat explains why Wall Street is spending big to boost #EricAdams and #AndrewCuomo
August 4, 2025
"Zohran Mamdani pulled off an inspiring 12-point victory to become the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York. How did he do it? He campaigned relentlessly on lowering costs for families, helping him build a grassroots movement so strong that millions of dollars in attack ads couldn’t touch him. On primary election night, Andrew Cuomo conceded.
"The people picked Mamdani, but it turns out there are some billionaires and #WallStreetCEOs who can’t stand the idea of a mayor who wants them to pay their fair share to create a city that everyone can afford. So the billionaires are dumping millions and millions of dollars into the race, backing either of two deeply flawed candidates: Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. Maybe we should be asking ourselves why these Wall Street executives are pouring in millions of dollars to stop Mamdani, the affordability candidate. [Money that could be used to fund #PublicBroadcasting! smh]
"#Cuomo and Adams are tripping over themselves to haul in millions of campaign dollars from billionaire donors. Adams raised $1 million in a single night from donors with ties to big law firms, commercial brokerages, and big real estate developers who could lose their iron-fisted grip on New York in a Mamdani administration. #HedgeFund manager #BillAckman held private auditions for his support, inviting Adams and Cuomo to back-to-back meetings to tap dance for the 'hundreds of millions of dollars' he has said he will spend to keep Mamdani out of office.
"In a democracy, #billionaires should not be able to buy our elections and control our politicians. Elected officials should work for their constituents, not use their government offices to hand out favors to a well-connected few. Adams escaped prosecution on charges of bribery and fraud only after he sold out New York City in a sweetheart deal with the Trump administration. As governor, Cuomo handed control of the state Senate to Republicans in a sham backroom deal. He also vowed to clean up Albany with an anticorruption commission, but when that commission began investigating one of Cuomo’s buddies, Cuomo shut down the entire panel.
"You don’t have to look very hard to see just how out of touch with working people and the mainstream values of the Democratic Party Adams and Cuomo have become. Adams withdrew from the primary early on, and Cuomo felt so entitled to the nomination that he barely bothered to campaign. But they’ve both gotten the memo from their wealthy backers to step it up: Adams is attacking Mamdani nonstop, and Cuomo is trying — and failing — to carbon copy Mamdani’s man-on-the-street videos.
"Mamdani has specific ideas for making New York more #affordable, and he’s willing to stand up to ultra-powerful special interests to turn these plans into reality.
"Take the cost of housing. Mamdani has plans to build 200,000 new affordable units over the next 10 years, he intends to freeze the rent for units controlled by the city, and he is committed to cutting the red tape that drives up costs for home owners. Mamdani also has the courage to write plans — including #RentControl — that crack down on the city’s worst #landlords and push back against billionaire real estate #moguls. It’s no surprise then that this month, the CEO of a New York-based #RealEstate investment trust held a $2,000-a-ticket fundraiser for Adams to stop Mamdani.
"After housing, the biggest squeeze on New York families is the cost of child care. In the wealthiest city on Earth, access to affordable, high-quality child care and early #education should be automatic. Mamdani’s plan for no-cost child care would make #ChildCare a right, not a privilege reserved for the rich.
"Let’s do one more. Mamdani has a bold, detailed plan for protecting consumers and cracking down on the companies that try to cheat them. As mayor he would work to ban hidden fees, crack down on #scammers, and end secret corporate handouts. When working people are getting gouged by giant companies, Mamdani is on their side.
"Mamdani has charged ahead with plans to make New York more affordable, and he’s showing how to pay for it by taxing the ultra-rich and giant corporations. That may not make him popular with the richest New Yorkers, but he’s willing to let Adams and Cuomo suck up to those guys. Mamdani is fighting to make New York work for working people."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/gKwYu#USPol #DemocraticSocialists #Mamdani #NewYorkCity #NYCPol
#TaxTheRich not #TaxBreaksForTheRich
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Add #SovereignTribalNations to the list of 25 states resisting #Trump's #BudgetCuts !
#NativeCommunities could lose $24.5B under #Trump administration proposal
If upheld by the courts, the proposed freeze on #FederalGrants would affect nearly every tribeby Amelia Schafer
Excerpt: " 'Nearly all Tribes would be affected by a federal grant freeze, with many facing the prospect of losing tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars — funding that is critical for supporting some of the most historically underserved communities in the United States,' the report concluded.
" 'When the federal government withholds funding from #Tribes and #NativeAmerican people, it’s not just a policy change. It’s a violation of those commitments — putting essential services at risk and undermining Tribal governing capacity.'
"A federal appeals court will decide if the administration has the legal authority to mass-suspend the grants, with arguments set in coming months in a lawsuit filed by the state of New York against President Donald Trump and his top administrators.
" 'as litigation around OMB’s funding freeze continues, it is essential that federal decisionmakers recognize the unique basis of funding for Tribes and #NativeAmerican people,' the report states. 'Funding to #IndianCountry is rooted in longstanding, legally-binding agreements between the United States and sovereign Tribal nations — not race, climate, or DEI.'
"At the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, the OMB issued a sweeping order announcing a halt to federal grants nationwide, throwing tribal programs into turmoil.
"Although the grant freeze was temporarily halted, the administration continues to push for its implementation, and tribes continue to report difficulties in accessing the already-approved funds, the report notes.
"The bulk of the at-risk funding is dispersed through programs such as the Department of Health and Human Services [#DHHS], the Bureau of Indian Affairs [#BIA] and the Bureau of Indian Education under the Department of the Interior, the Department of Commerce and the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency.
"If the funding freeze clears legal hurdles, critical projects across the country will be at risk, the Brookings report said. These projects include a $35 million grant to the #OglalaSioux Tribe for #broadband development, a $3 million grant to urban #NativeHealth board for community health worker training, and a $200,000 grant to the #Chickahominy Indian Tribe for preliminary #engineering and #environmental work towards a #childcare center.
" 'This is the building block of how the U.S. government pays back tribes for the land it took,' Maxim said.
"The report does not include the sweeping cuts approved under Trump’s so-called '#BigBeautifulBill' by Congress, which includes cuts to #Medicaid, #FoodStamps and other social programs that include Native people as well as others, Brookings officials said.
"The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization based in Washington, D.C. Maxim co-authored the report with Glencora Haskins, research associate and applied research manager."
Read more:
https://ictnews.org/news/tribes-could-lose-24-5b-under-trump-administration-proposal/#TribalSovereignty #CulturalGenocide #RespectTheTreaties #TrumpLies #TrumpBudgetCuts #USPol #TrumpSucks #FirstNations #StolenLand #LandBack #NativeAmericanNews #NativeCommunities
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#Trump Goes on Truly #Incoherent Rant When Asked About #Childcare
Try to make any sense of what Trump said here.
#weird #insane #inane #deranged #delusional #Nonsense #TrumpIsUnfit
#CommonSense #sanity #RealityBasedPolitics #ActualPolicies #Practical #HarrisWalz2024
https://newrepublic.com/post/185655/trump-incoherent-rant-affordable-childcare-question
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'The expansion of free #childcare has been a #Tory-fied mess of a bright #Labour idea'
'Ofsted’s registers show a fall in early years places every year since 2016: 17,800 places were lost in the year to November 2023 alone.'
'On a visit to a combined nursery and primary school, I saw how #EarlyYears provision can really be transformed''
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/expansion-free-childcare-tory-labour-nursery-primary-school
#ToryPoliciesInAction #AlternativesToToryPolicies -
More evidence of a childcare crisis? In a recent survey by @uscensusbureau, roughly 61% of parents living with at least one child said they did not have any formal #childcare arrangements. Get more data here: https://bit.ly/3uyXUit
#Children #Childcare #AffordableChildCare #Education #WorkingParents #WorkingMoms #WorkingDads #Economics #PublicPolicy
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#FactOfTheDay: Licensed childcare spaces were available to only a quarter of California children with parents in the workforce.
#Childcare #PreK #WorkingFamilies #WorkingParents #WorkingMoms #WorkingDads #Preschool #Daycare
(Photo is of children in a preschool classroom. Photo credit: CDC via UnSplash.)
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UK women priced out of work by lack of affordable childcare, PwC finds
#Childcare
#ChildcareCosts
#Women
#WomenInWork
#PwC
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/07/uk-women-work-childcare-pwc-budget?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other