thank you. christine romans joins me now. kids have parents, romans and that s what this is about. reporter: an important development for parents to get back to normal. we need two things for a post-covid economy. covid vaccines for kids. one thing holding back jobs recovery is parents who aren t going back to work because they are caring for their kids in a pandemic. schools are mostly open this fall thankfully in person. many parents are still concerned about outbreaks among unvaccinated children and school disruption. outside of schools, there is a child care crisis. the typical worker works $12 an hour. they have quit in droves. the pandemic puts their health a lot risk going to work, and the remaining child care workers we have are simply burned out. without reliable child care for children, women in particular are in a bind.