How to Make Child Care Affordable

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agree on this much: The federal government should do more to help families pay for child care.

They’re surely right. In many parts of the U.S., putting children in a day-care center has become the single greatest expense parents face, exceeding the cost of housing. And it’s growing: From 2009 to 2016, the cost of child care and nursery school jumped 21 percent, nearly twice the rate of inflation overall.