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Stargazer99

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11. both parents have to work now to survive that was not so during prior years-time is a problem

Reply to alittlelark (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 10:57 AM

Aug 2025

when I waS a single mother I had to work but could not afford child care-child care now too expensive for low income workers. that is part of the problem

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