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The New Year's Child Care Freeze: A Primer
Unpacking a story that is spinning wildly out of control
Jan 1
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Recording: Rob Reiner's Early Childhood Legacy
A recording from Elliot Haspel's live video with Michael H. Levine and Ellen Galinsky.
Jan 8
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Elliot Haspel
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Michael Levine
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Ellen Galinsky
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More on child care funding, and an upcoming Substack Live
Come learn about Rob Reiner's early childhood legacy!
Jan 5
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Children of the (3am) Corn(field)
Dec 8, 2025
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Idaho is about to endanger its youngest residents
Feb 25, 2025
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When Rob Reiner Taught America About Early Childhood Development
Dec 15, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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Let's Stop Saying Parents Shouldn't Pay More than 7% of Their Income on Child Care
Sep 23, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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Five Questions With "Four Mothers" Author Abigail Leonard
Sep 16, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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Time as a Public Policy
Oct 14, 2025
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When Rob Reiner Taught America About Early Childhood Development
Revisiting a very successful narrative change effort on a very sad day
Dec 15, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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Children of the (3am) Corn(field)
On the practice of keeping little kids up all night on purpose(?!)
Dec 8, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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An Opera House in a Ghost Town
What happens if/when child care demand slips due to low birth rates?
Dec 1, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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Part-Time Promise, Part-Time Peril
Couldn't resist the alliteration: let's talk about part-time work & child care
Nov 24, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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Let's talk about Quebec's child care system
A primer on the talking point that will not die
Nov 14, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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The Uncomfortable Power of Population Size
We're rarely talking about what we're *really* talking about when it comes to the birth rate
Nov 4, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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What exactly is "universal" child care?
The prize for making progress is... more questions!
Oct 28, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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I Want You To Read This Article Instead Of My Own
I guess this is sort of like a guest post?
Oct 21, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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Time as a Public Policy
An essay
Oct 14, 2025
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America's Early Care & Education History is a Land of Contrasts
On, Wisconsin?
Oct 7, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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There's a Difference Between Decline and Collapse
Or: How I learned to worry about demographic change
Sep 30, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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Let's Stop Saying Parents Shouldn't Pay More than 7% of Their Income on Child Care
It's time to move past a well-intentioned but ineffective line
Sep 23, 2025
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Elliot Haspel
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