The aim of expanding childcare is to maximize our time away from young children, thus minimizing exactly what they need most. This aim is backward. Early childhood policy must be driven by what young children need from us, not the other way around. 

The push for universal childcare rests on three core claims — the foundation for an increasingly ambitious agenda to transform how young children are raised in America. Yet all three are false.

A growing coalition promotes universal childcare as “essential economic infrastructure,” critical to a strong workforce. But research shows that full-time group care harms some children — and it’s not what most families want.

CCFP launches a new initiative to help state leaders advance family-based ECE policy that empowers lower-income parents, strengthens the workforce, and helps young children thrive.

Georgia Mjartan explains how First 5 South Carolina’s innovative new technology streamlines access to early childhood services, cutting red tape and empowering parents to better support their children.

Following her testimony at the Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on “Examining the State of Child Care,” Katharine Stevens answered Senators’ questions on four key childcare policy topics.

Katharine Stevens joins the Economics of Flourishing series at the Archbridge Institute to discuss the role of education, parental stability, and skills development in fostering human flourishing.

Katharine joins the Tammy Peterson Podcast to discuss the vital role of family in early childhood development and the need for better policy to support parents and children.