The high cost of child care is tough for American parents to shoulder alone.
During the past year and a half, however, something unprecedented happened.
Unsurprisingly, that help was well received.
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Congress is currently considering whether to extend the expanded child tax credit.
But that kind of employee benefit isnt common.
Only 16% of parents we surveyed said their employer already offers assistance with child care expenses.
What if more employers did provide child care stipends?
Nearly 66% said theyd consider switching jobs to work for a company that does.
But the pandemic highlighted a need to better support working parents, she said.
Many companies changed their policies to allow employees to work remotely and have flexibility with their work hours.
I think with the pandemic its brought it to the forefront, she said.
But I dont think the needle has moved as much as it could or it needs to.
Survey responses are weighted so that each response is representative of the U.S. population.
Nicole Dow is a senior writer at The Penny Hoarder.
Chris Zuppa, The Penny Hoarders multimedia content creator, contributed to this report.
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