It’s a decline not seen around the rest of the developed world, where higher education is expanding.
Provide universal low-cost child careFrom my vantage point, the single highest barrier to Millennial economic stability is child care.
The reasons behind that are complex, but cost is certainly among them: The United States has some of the highest child care costs in the world.
Affordable, high-quality, universal child care helps mothers, and particularly low-income mothers, to stay in the workforce, which pays dividends for their families.
Child care programs help to prepare kids for school and may keep them more active and socially engaged.
Persons:
Jill Filipovic, CNN —, haven’t, We’ve, ’, Z, Gen Zers, isn’t, Millennials, —
Organizations:
Twitter, CNN, Boomers, American Boomers, Ivy League, OECD
Locations:
New York, Europe, States, tony