, /PRNewswire/ -- Last night, at the urging of Moms First and nearly 15,000 moms and allies, the presidential debate moderators asked the candidates about child care at the first debate of the 2024 election. In a victory for American families, CNN's asked President Biden and former President Trump how they would lower child care costs for American families, citing a new that found that the average cost of child care for two children is now higher than the average cost of rent in all 50 states. "For too long, child care has been seen as a personal issue that moms must solve on their own – not as an economic issue that is required for women to work.
The reality is, the cost of child care — the cost of motherhood — has become untenable. And no family should be forced into debt to pay for child care," . "Last night, CNN made it clear that the voices of moms matter by asking the candidates about their plan to address child care costs.
Moms First and the 15,000 moms who signed our petition successfully elevated child care to the national stage. Now, we need our candidates to actually answer us." "When asked directly about their plans to lower child care costs, both candidates spent the majority of the time bickering and only President Biden briefly addressed the question — leaving millions of moms and families out to dry.
Moms First is disappointed that our presidential candidates failed to acknowledge the seriousness of our child care crisis and its impact on American moth.
