You can’t fix the birth rate without fixing child care

You can’t fix the birth rate without fixing child care

The expense of child care and lack of available options prevent parents from working. (File photo by Lourdes Balduque/Getty Images)$10,474 — that stunning sum represents the average cost of child care for a single infant at a licensed center in South Carolina, according to Child Care Aware of America. For many families, especially families with multiple children, child care is not just expensive, it is unaffordable. This growing burden is pushin…