During a panel discussion in Berlin on April 25, Ivanka Trump said that, "in the United States, the single largest cost in over half of American households, the single largest expense is child care." Wealthier Americans are better able to handle the cost of child care, whereas it often is a burden for poorer families. Moreover, the data does not include families in which one spouse simply stops working because child care has become too expensive. Some of the most detailed work has been done by Child Care Aware of America, which assists families seeking help with child care. Jessica Tercha, a researcher at the organization, noted the group uses the average cost of child care by state.

Source: Washington Post April 27, 2017 07:00 UTC