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20,000 day cares may have closed in the pandemic. What happens when parents go back to work?
Caroline Kitchener, The Washington Post
Feb. 26, 2021
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Denise Rogers, front, the director of Sunshine Early Learning Center and Latisha Ibraheem, background, a teacher at the pre-school, on Feb. 16, 2021, in Washington D.C.Washington Post photo by Jahi Chikwendiu.
WASHINGTON - Darnita Lawrence is the kind of mom who likes to pop in and say hello to her toddler. For years, she could: Her 2 year-old son, and her 7-year-old daughter before him, went to day care at Southeast Children s Fund, one floor up from her office. She could drop off a juice box at lunch time or spend a few minutes watching them nap.