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Description: Other rich countries have family policies the US doesn’t. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: goo.gl/0bsAjO Every other high-income country in the world has a paid maternity leave policy. Most have a paternity leave policy, too. And usually some form of universal or subsidized child care for all families. The United States has… none of these policies. It did have federally-funded child care once. And Congress even passed a universal child care policy in the 70s. But today, the US is stuck on a policy path of welfare and tax credits. So… why hasn’t the US been able to establish these common family policies? The Promise of Preschool is a great dive into the history of child care policy in the US if you want to read more: oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195395075.001.0001/acprof-9780195395075 And Anna Danziger Halperin’s research on the US and UK policies is fascinating: academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D81K0T6T The OECD has put together profiles on almost every rich country and their child policies, look up yours: oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcare.htm And UNICEF put together a great report on where rich countries stand with child care policies. The US is number 40 — out of 41.) gdc.unicef.org/resource/where-do-rich-countries-stand-childcare Make sure you never miss behind the scenes content in the Vox Video newsletter, sign up here: vox.com/video-newsletter Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out vox.com Support Vox's reporting with a one-time or recurring contribution: vox.com/contribute-now Shop the Vox merch store: vox.com/store Watch our full video catalog: goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Facebook: facebook.com/vox Follow Vox on Twitter: twitter.com/voxdotcom Follow Vox on TikTok: tiktok.com/@voxdotcom