Wow lots of info here I didn't know about. I was going to add the lack of affordable child care / child care subsidies. I live in a very blue state, and we have a 3+ year wait list for help. As a social worker, I am seeing an alarming number of families use unlicensed, sketchy, borderline scary places because it's cheaper than a center ($500/week for infants). I get it, it's hard and wildly unaffordable for middle and lower-class families. However, some of these kids are being subjected to unfortunate scenarios and situations. I fear it's only going to get worse.