Burdette, the single largest household expense for her and her husband, Brandon Burdette, is $2,600 a month for child care. The couple has two kids, ages ...

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 live in the small city of Rolla, Missouri, where half the child care centers have closed in the past six years. In the past year, my state has lost 1,771 child care slots due to closures. This ...

This story was update on March 13 at 4:21 p.m. to correct the spelling of Business and Industry Association CEO Michael ...