Subscribe to Elliot Haspel’s semi-monthly newsletter, The Parents Aren’t Alright. Curated by Elliot, hosted by Capita and sponsored by Care for All Children, this newsletter explores the big picture of why America isn’t working for parents — and what to do about it.
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The Archive
5/31/22 - After Uvalde, time for a safe age amendment
5/6/22 - What Does Genetics Have to Say About Parenthood?
4/11/22 - All Hands on Deck for Child Care
3/10/22 - School-Aged Kids Need Child Care, Too
2/7/22 - What makes a society?
1/10/22 - A Parent Movement with Benefits.
12/14/21 - The Good-Enough Parent.
11/10/21 - The GOP is Two-Faced on Stay-At-Home Parents.
10/28/21 - “Just Give Parents Money.”
10/5/21 - Build Back Better and Ten Word Answers.
9/29/21 - Big Business’ Child Care Hypocrisy.
9/14/21 - Whither paid leave?
8/25/2021 - The Family Meets the Free Market.
8/10/2021 - U.S. Family Policy Stinks.
7/27/2021 - Parents Suffer When Children Have Few Rights.
6/29/2021 - The Climate-Care Connection.
6/10/2021 - The Hollowness of “Cash or Childcare”
5/27/2021 - The Untapped Potential of Parent Power
5/13/2021 - We. Are. Struggling.
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About Elliot
Elliot Haspel is a nationally-recognized early childhood and K-12 education policy expert who writes about child and family issues. A former elementary school teacher, he holds an M.Ed. in Education Policy from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Elliot’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post, among other mediums. He resides in Richmond, VA with his wife and two young daughters. Elliot’s book, “Crawling Behind: America’s Child Care Crisis and How to Fix It,” was published in November 2019.
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