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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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A bill would require schools to come up with homework policies that consider the mental and physical strain on students.
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Earth Day honors environmental achievements and brings awareness to protect the Earth's natural resources for future generations.
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Prop. 1 aims to create more mental health support and housing for adults experiencing homelessness.
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Mikael Petrosyan of Children's National Hospital says gun violence against children is preventable.
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Two California lawmakers introduced bills intended to slow maternity ward closures after a CalMatters investigation found nearly 50 hospitals had ended labor and delivery services between 2012 and 2023.
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An unintended consequence of the state's multibillion-dollar early education program is the damage being done to the business model of traditional child care providers.
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After Measure H passed, city officials and child care advocates are working on what happens next.
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The measure would allow the city to lease park and rec property to child care centers, which supporters say would help alleviate the city’s child care crisis.
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While every kid is guaranteed a spot in their local public school, they aren’t guaranteed a spot in after-school care.
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New data shows some areas were disproportionately hit — creating what are called “child care deserts.”
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Guns are now the leading cause of death among American children. And many more children are injured in shootings, putting them at risk for life-altering disability, pain, and mental trauma.
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As a shortage of growth hormone used to treat rare diseases in children drags on, families and doctors are struggling with insurers' requirements to get prescriptions filled.
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The media personality and socialite is crusading against abuse of teens at treatment facilities and wants California legislators to pass a bill.
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Teen vaping is trending downwards these days. But data from Colorado and around the country show the generation that made Juul cool is still hooked on nicotine.
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Sam and John Fetters are identical twins with autism. But Sam is in college, while John still struggles to form sentences. Their experience may shed light on the disorder's mix of nature and nurture.
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Gloria E. Ciriza will succeed Paul Gothold as the county's superintendent of schools, becoming the first female superintendent in the San Diego County Office of Education's 76-year history.
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The Grossmont Union High School District has been awarded a $7 million state grant to fund more community schools.
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To help kids get out that energy, here are eight ideas for indoor games to get the wiggles out!
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All kids develop at their own pace. To help kids learn to include others, it helps to take a proactive and positive approach to developing their social skills. Follow these five steps to help your kids become includers.
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As our kids grow, they face increasingly stressful situations, like starting new sports, emergency drills, difficult tests, and taking on new responsibilities. These kinds of situations can make children feel anxious.
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Parents can build on strong messages of compassion by reading books to their children that explore empathy, celebrate diversity, and encourage kindness. Here are 10 books to get you started.
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"Leo and the Magic Jacket" is a new puppet show in Balboa Park, recognizing the lives of people on the autism spectrum.
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Librarians with the San Diego Public Library have put together a list of book recommendations inspired by March Madness and more to read this spring.
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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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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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