Why the Child Care Business Model is Unsustainable

Anna Lynch
5 min readJul 6, 2021

Child care is economic infrastructure

young Asian girl holding up a crayon picture she drew of several mermaids
Photo by Jerry Wang on Unsplash

The state of the child care industry in the United States remains dire both for parents, children, and providers. Parents face both affordability issues and child care deserts. Child care centers face significant staffing issues due to low pay. The pandemic squeezed the industry almost out of existence, and it was only able to withstand…

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Anna Lynch

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