Kids are expensive. Do they have to be?
Can you afford to pay two rents?Families across the country are asking that same question when it comes to childcare, as the yearly costs for daycare are becoming comparable to a year's rent in many places. How did childcare become so expensive, and how might everyone benefit if the government prov…
Is It Time to Recognize Childcare as a Public Right? | Elliot Haspel
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, we sit down with Elliot Haspel, a nationally recognized child and family policy expert and author of Crawling Behind: America's Childcare Crisis and How to Fix It and Raising a Nation: 10 Reasons Why Every American Has a Stake in Childcare for All. To…
Let's Collectively Fantasize About a Family-Friendly Society
"Family-friendly society" sounds SO BORING but listen: it's what we all want. It's what singles and elders want, it's what parents and partnered people without kids want, it's what KIDS WANT. A society that takes all of us — and our needs and capacities — seriously?? That considers all of us, in wh…
"Every Child Deserves To Be A Kid." On Federal Policy & Family Life With Pediatrician Megan Prior
Dr. Megan Prior is a parent and a board-certified pediatrician in DC who serves on the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Early Childhood. A lot of us know her from her popular social media account, Itty Bitty Revolution, where she describes herself as a pediatrician and mom with a policy ob…
WonkCast #26: Family Policy's Power Problem
Episode # 26: Elliot Haspel
Welcome to our latest edition of WonkCast: People Power Policy.
Child and family policy has a power problem.
Why is it that issues that reach into the lives of all Americans are so often an afterthought?
Families routinely say these issues really matter, without that tra…
May 28, 2026: Finding a fix for Colorado's broken child care system
Finding affordable child care is a major challenge for many parents, and it's especially true for essential workers on 12 or 48 hour shifts. The system isn’t built for them. That's just one reason CPR News has launched a new series, "Raising Colorado: The untold costs of a broken child care system.…
June 18, 2026: Debate over data centers; Rethinking child care; Aurora boy's 'Color Book' hits Netflix
The debate over data centers has prompted thousands of questions about the approval process and the impact in Colorado Springs. Then, what if the United States treated child care in the same way it treats schools, parks and libraries? Denver author Elliot Haspel explores that idea in his book, "Rai…
Bigfoot vs. the Child Care Desert: Why Raising a Family Became a Luxury
Parents pay more than they can afford. Child-care educators earn less than they can live on. Providers still struggle to remain open. How can all three be true?
Dave Pederson talks with nationally recognized family-policy expert Elliot Haspel about why America's child-care crisis isn't a personal …
Bigfoot vs. the Child Care Desert: Why Raising a Family Became a Luxury
Parents pay more than they can afford. Child-care educators earn less than they can live on. Providers still struggle to remain open. How can all three be true?
Dave Pederson talks with nationally recognized family-policy expert Elliot Haspel about why America's child-care crisis isn't a personal …
325 Skipping School with Dixie Dillon Lane
AMDG. Today we welcome homeschooling mother, historian, editor, and author Dr. Dixie Dillon Lane to the Kolbecast. Dixie has recently written a book about the history of homeschooling called Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How it Went Mainstream.
Through research, Dixie t…
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