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The child care industry has long been in crisis, and COVID-19 only made things worse. Now affordable, quality care is even more challenging to find, and staff are not paid enough to stay in the field. This series spotlights people each struggling with their own childcare issues, and the providers struggling to get by.
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As their lives have become less free and more structured in recent decades, kids have also become less happy. Experts say that isn’t a coincidence.
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Here are a few ideas for places to go in San Diego with your kids when you have to stay indoors.
Resources
- 211
- First 5 San Diego
- Parentalogic
- San Diego Regional Center (for persons with developmental disabilities)
- YMCA Childcare Resource Service
- Search childcare licenses, including license violation reports and inspections
- Where to apply for subsidies
- Check if you’re eligible for subsidies and find alternative payment programs
- How to become a licensed provider
- Starting a child care center
- San Diego County TK information
- Search for After Care
- Special Education resources for families and providers
- San Diego County information on Special Education
- San Diego Regional Center (Special Education)
- The Includ(Ed) Center for Families (Special Education)
Parenting News
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While it’s a total solar eclipse, San Diego isn’t in the path of totality. Residents will see a partial eclipse.
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Sophomore students at Hoover High School held a self-care fair Wednesday to promote mental health therapies for childhood anxiety, depression and isolation.
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KPBS launched a six-part series, "Where’s My Village," about the child care crisis. Last weekend, it hosted a child care resource fair.
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The Lincoln High School Steel Stingers were named Rookie All-Stars in the FIRST Robotics Competition - San Diego Regional over the weekend.
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Our top picks for sharing art with your kids in San Diego this season: the imaginative world of a legendary sci-fi writer; Latin music for kids; free interactive theater; a Shakespearean birthday party; and kid-friendly ballet.
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In an era of rising book challenges and censorship, learn how one librarian is defending the freedom to read.
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A lawyer sent the city a demand letter alleging that a local mom was discriminated against because the library denied her request to host reading events based on religious and patriotic books. The letter also objects to books with depictions of adult nudity.
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The all-star team won the Mexican national championship last month and is heading to Williamsport, Pennsylvania this week for the Little League World Series.
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Countywide, the number of home births rose by 28% from before the pandemic to the end of 2022.
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Some parents and early childhood education experts say schools have not been adequately prepared for California's new multibillion-dollar program that brings 4-year-olds into elementary classrooms.
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Kate Middleton said she took time to explain her cancer diagnosis to her children. What does an ideal version of that conversation look like?
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A report out this week says hunger, malnutrition and even starvation are widespread in Gaza, but stopped short of declaring it a 'famine.' Here's a primer on what that means, and who gets to decide.
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State funding for the program expires in June, and because of California's projected budget shortfall, the program is not expected to be renewed.
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Derived from hemp, it has similar effects to delta-9 THC, the main intoxicant in marijuana. It's fueling a rise in calls to poison control.
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The San Diego County Office of Education partnered with VSP Vision Eyes of Hope to provide free eye exams and glasses to students.
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The San Diego Symphony provides an interactive music curriculum for students in grades three through five, culminating in a special concert at the Rady Shell.
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The San Diego College of Continuing Education has partnered with the United Taxi Workers of San Diego in a free ride pilot program for students.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials can face legal action for blocking social media users on their pages.
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It's a presidential election year, which means political campaigns and advertisements will be everywhere for all to see.
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Districts store all kinds of sensitive student data, which means the consequences of a school cyberattack can follow pupils well into adulthood. And it's not just their credit that's at risk.
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The comic can pick up on the "micro bad mood" of whoever she's talking to. And when she wants her 3-year-old daughter to open up, she talks to her in the voice of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.
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Some programs and schools are working to prepare Native American students for college and support them once they get there.
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Poets Underground works with High Tech High Mesa to introduce a new mental health curriculum using the spoken word and the arts.
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San Diego's Playwrights Project holds a public premiere on Saturday in the annual Plays by Young Writers Festival.
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The ArtsBusXpress helps teachers cover the cost of transportation to arts and science destinations. Donations are needed to lift a hold on future field trips.
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