think we're slowly clear. apparently no one actually expects ukraine to when. so here we are mister bided and says we mustn't give mister put in the victory without quite committing himself to ukrainian victory. mr. trump says it's stupid to give key of anything but loans between the 2. the american people are getting the crucial debate about what we want the outcome to be and why. according to the democrats sending those funds to ukraine is vital for the united states status as a global power. republican stay hesitant, not because the found the frost shop, but because they are calling on the bite and administration to focus on america's borders 1st. and, well, ukraine serves as a leverage for them playing on the weak sides of the democrats means more political points to when the republican warehouse will not be jammed or forced into passing or for an 8 bill that was opposed by most republican senators. and does nothing to secure our own board. it is time for washington to start showing some love to

americans on valentine's day. this is a good day to point this out, need to listen to the american people and their needs and take action. in the meantime, the tig is growing. people are becoming more and more frustrated with kids leadership, or rather a lack there of approximately 70 percent of americans want the fight in administration to push for a negotiated peace with russia as soon as possible. and they're not entirely wrong in believing so, after all, despite western support, your brain has yet to secure any significant military lives. on the contrary, the backend has not only prolonged the conflict, but it has also cause to crane significant losses. however, while american officials continue to the bad about military donations to ukraine, republican senator lindsey graham has put out a new idea. i suggested making the legal aid alone to live president trump is adjusted. the europeans gave you, trained $50000000000.00. 33 a that was

a loan. i spoke to president trump earlier in the week about making the a to ukraine alone. this was his idea, not mine. you know, we did lend lease to britain, were $34.00 tree and dollars in debt. your train has minerals, they have a lot of resources. so the idea there is to take advantage of another space desperation and it's conflict in a more profitable way at well with that logic, it's unlikely peace negotiations would suit the american agenda. i mean, ukraine is still viewed as the cheapest way for the us to secure is through your political interest, a trade given the money to grant is the cheapest possible way for the us to enhance that security. it's just, it's after the fighting has been done by the crate, is that the people who are being killed the us and you are supplying them weapons. so the truth is, ukraine seems to really be all on his own. and he's essentially being played and

used by the west for their own political agenda. and in the end, you will, in this conflict, is only causing more blood shed and creating an even greater risk of escalation washington same. so now change tactics and we'll just get this out as on board as late as play. it has that wipe action ukraine. one will actually come back in straight to american pockets. it is in the national security interest of the united states to pass the supplemental funding request. you are the secretary speak about this last week? one of the points you made is that when it comes to our security assistance to ukraine, 90 percent of that money is actually spent here in the united states and benefits of american manufacturing and benefits of american technological development. the bill u. s. congress has still wrangling over into $60000000000.00 in aid to ukraine. thought all of this, a milder was 2 sides, will be invested one way or another back in to american production and enterprises

. most of the military ones profess of economics and politics and seminaries, college of california talk to chuck rasmus says the rule is just fitting the pockets of defense contractors on weapons manufacture. us press 0 is not a and it has 0, its a near tons running u. s. foreign policy and trying to expand the empire. a good part of it, maybe 3040 percent, is actual cash payments to ukraine, to keep this government from some collapse and you know, the us and you are paying the wages and salaries and government workers and their punches, which by the way, a better the american government workers get uh so, you know, maybe a 3rd of it is actual cash payments. and then uh, you know, the i m f is given it 13000000 keep its uh, currency from collapsing. the rest of it is, uh, yeah, it's uh to buy goods. uh, weapons right. uh, the u. s. government to actually phase the manufacturers money. uh,

and the website manufacturers send the good. so, you know, we're talking about tens or hundreds of millions, maybe of money that is not really going to train. it's going to boeing and reach me on the lucky who then send the weapons over there. so, you know, they're getting very, very rich, one of the most lucrative, the stop to place nowadays is the defense stocks because it looks like this is going on for quite a while. so it's not quite true. well, you know that the money goes to probably not, most of the money goes to a mess and more manufacturers. and you know, it doesn't matter if it's loans, loans exist. that's just the sub to huge because uh, yeah. ok. yeah. the government still gives the money to the worst work manufacturers. and then uh, you know, you've got ukraine, ukraine having to repay those loans to the government at some time. and what really

happens is the us then uh, forgives those loans further down the road. so this loan thing is this an excuse to try to sell it, as well as all of the stories that we all across the spouse they put a point on. so you don't come take me over the top more associate as with most of the having a child is one of the most joyful moments for parents. however, the expenses that come with taken care of a child are rising. this as families are struggling with the decisions of when to have children, whether or not to have more than one child, or even if they can afford to have children at all. i'm 50 i and you're watching the cost of everything we are today. we're delving into the various factors contributing to the increased financial burdens on families and the rising cost of

child care the, the costs of child care has risen so high in recent years that some parents can't afford to work. now this might sound a little backwards because if you don't work, how do you afford to take care of your child? well, in 2023, the average household spends more than $700.00 a month on child care, up 32 percent from 2019 child care. whether in the form of day care centers, please schools or in home care is a vital service that allows parents to work while insuring the wellbeing and development of their children. however, the costs associated with these services have risen from medically in recent years, outpacing installation and wage growth. roughly 2 thirds of families who need child care or reading, dedicating more than 20 percent of their annual household income towards paying for

it. in the u. k families could spend a whopping 75 percent of their monthly income on child care, which then discourage this woman from going back to work. the landscape of child care is also changing with more families moving away from the traditional reliance on grandparents to an increasing preference for early education programs. a childcare was, was primarily a family affair, often handled by grandparents, families lean on the support and experience of grandparents creating a strong intergenerational bond. but today we're witnessing a growing trend where families are choosing early education programs, such as the montessori method over traditional support systems. now one key driver of this shift is a rising desire among parents for early education opportunities for their children . the understanding of the critical development years has led to an increased emphasis on formalized early education programs. parents are now seeking these

programs to provide a solid foundation for the cognitive and social development setting the stage for future academic success. child care is the largest financial component of raising a kid with national estimates coming in at around $11752.00 per year to unfortunately not every family can afford the higher cost associated with these child care programs. so instead of working one parent often leaves workforce in order to look after the children. the u. s. economy loses an estimate of $122000000000.00 a year when parents leave work or reduced their hours to stay home with young children. however, there are many countries where child care is subsidized. in germany and austria, parents benefit from free or highly subsidized public child care, luxemburg, iceland, sweden, and norway also rank very high on child care provisions among high income countries

. meanwhile, slovakia, the us cypress, switzerland and australia ranks the lowest. the lack of affordable child care is also a t barrier for parents compound e social economic inequalities within countries and a high income household. nearly half of children under 3 years old, attend early childhood education and care. and now joining us today is dr. reba perry. you fairly founder of use of the rise early education center. now dr. reba how the families budget having a child? are most parents financially prepared for the extra burden? the average parent parent really is not. and the reason why i say that is because by the time you added the formula we supplied feed use of cloud formula. we also get a stipends donated by a with a y p d. we also get um supplies from books to toys. so

we kind of take the burden off the family as well because we know most of the families are struggling financially because in new york state it's very difficult. if your rent is $3000.00 and you only make it $3900.00, how are you able to support child care? so that's why government came up with the supplement. are there common misconceptions about the cost associated with raising children that you often encounter? gets the children or financially a lot for an average person. so imagine being a single person raising a child and not being able to come up with the financial part. so i think a lot of us have an action plan in place, but we just can't pursue it because of the high cost of living. so most people really can't keep up with the child care of increase. so when they give us these

letters and tell us that this year, you're going to increase 30 more dollars is not even logical. it's not even sensible to ask the family to pay more if they can barely pay what they're paying now. and the cost of living has gone up for so many of us, even the red light and gas. so basically, the reason why the cost of living is going up because people have different lives, lifestyles now, but with child care is little different because if the cost of living is going up, that means that we have to provide the parents with good service. but we have to pay more for us to be able to stay open and how significant are education related expenses and the overall cost of raising a child. it can be very expensive because you have so many things that you have to put in place. because i am the u. s. t teacher and i know work the inside the school system is totally different from supplies. so if you have one south,

you can kind of wing it. but imagine a parent that has 3 forms, 5 children, especially in the beginning of the year when they give this list of school supplies, they expect you to give to each child. and the parent really can't afford it cuz you'll want to pain at least $200.00. and that's just a give a take. so that's another reason why i know it's very challenging for parents to be able to to afford even projects that the teachers are requiring them to get that parent might just not have the extra money to be the supplement. and i know it's very costly because my children are 27 and 18 and it was a lot of money just to raise them. so now we in 2024. and we talk about economic issues, social injustice in multiple, multiple things. it can hinder people in certain properties, strickland areas what other educational advantages of enrolling children a formal early education programs?

well, a lot of the parents well i have a long waiting list for my particular program because i mean 9 acceleration teacher . so i'm not a baby, see the, i'm not just the child care provider, i actually teach the children. so i do a full day curriculum from a these 6 weeks in of, depending on the child's ability to be able to keep up. and their structure programs actually contribute to a child's cognitive and social development. yes. so a lot of times it doesn't come in, like i said, i have a 2 migrant children that came in that weren't speaking english. so we did, we were able to teach the family the english as well, but my students also learn spanish. so it's a cultural thing where a lot of times we think everybody can afford to be in child care when they really can't. and that's why our government came up with a,

a child key of stipend will be able to tell you for the services. what about in cultures where grand parents traditionally play a significant role in raising grandchildren. i actually had 3 of the children in my kid data be raised by the grand parent who to foster care benefit program, which can be a struggle, especially if you're on a fixed income. so that's why i get a family's toy getting on supplements to be able to afford the child care. what benefits are associated with this approach is very important that people stay connected with the immediate family instead of of foster care type of person. because a foster care person and work diligently to help support you with immediate family with know your extended family such as cousins, aunts and uncles. and they would know your family traditions more than

a strange. i'm thinking, dr. lee, but please stick around. a dr. rima perry, you fairly well, stay with us right after the break. and when we come back, financial responsibilities for parents don't take a break as their children transition into adulthood will have more after the break . the news already those over wide is, can be started by line. please can be started by turn, the importance of wiki name of the, of, of station so that transparency is extraordinary. john mystic patrice then just succeeded in finding the documents that existed in making them available to the public. i mean, what could be more folding box by publishing information and sharing information

with the public? he was exercising the rights for a speech he did. so in the public interest, watched as a mom realized, pen smith and golf and, and honestly, the biggest of late, tough tenuously. i know why advice may know who is the guy that illegal anymore. why sweetheart adjustments for to be on box weighing a $175.00 used to do it. you do, you have sense? it's all we going to let that stay the there's no end in sight over how you're going to continue to destroy the earth. is the case for the med, most of the people. i tried to go to the gym, but i'm certainly not ready to fight russia. this is also of soon, this is 3rd world lunacy re washing press for so the funder line likes to say we have the tools while we just start with stability and business deals to living on

mac, have very close propaganda just, you know, price here in new york, i think we don't know the aftermath any time that you're not allowed to ask questions, you should ask all of the questions. the more questions ask the better the answer is will be the child care costs usually stop around 3 to 5 years old. the total cost of raising a child does not stop there, instead of daycare and nanny's, those costs will be replaced by extra curricular, as hobbies and education statistics show that the average middle income family with $2.00 children will spend $310000.00 to raise a child born in 2015 up to age 17 and 20. 32. a significant portion of this cost is housing. as families need to upgrade to a larger space to accommodate to growing children, then comes food on the low budget and a family of 4 spends about $11700.00

a year on food at home. on the higher end, they spend more than $19000.00 per year on food, and that's around 25 percent of their income based on the median household income of $74000.00. and finally, there is the college education fund. the average annual cost of public colleges is around $24000.00, while private college is at $55000.00. and besides, parents will also need to factor in transportation to and from school health care, insurance, clothing, toys, phone bills, extra curricular activities, sports, hobbies, family, vacations and more. the high cost of raising a child is one of the reasons american families are having fewer children. so fatality rate is currently $1.00 birds per woman, which measures a number of birth, the average woman will have during her lifetime. while the cost of having multiple

children is high, the cost per child actually goes down to more kids who have $2.00 kids can live in one bedroom and share items like toys or clothes. compared to a family with 2 kids. couples spend 27 percent more on an only child and families with 3 or more kids spend 24 percent less on each child. south korea is one of the most expensive countries in the world to raise a child to 18 years old, followed by china. for koreans, a large sum of child care expenditure of goes towards educational expenses. beyond regular public schooling, korean spends about 360 dollars each month per child in 2022 on private cram schools so that they can test into good high schools and universities. korea is a very education focused society. and for most families, extra lessons after regular school is accepted as normal families that cannot

afford these extra cram classes, often times are at a disadvantage when it comes to the child's future. most of these extra lessons are focused on english as a 2nd language and math to sell for this and more. let's bring in again dr. rima perry, you fairly founder of use of the rise early education center. now we switch to the financial aspect of child care. how do you charge parents knowing most of them can't take the burden of high child care costs? well, i basically have never increase my payments. ive been open for 15 years and i speak to the same amount and this is why supplement by doing outside of work besides the child care. because i know my average family can not afford the $340.00 that the state regulates us to charge that someone's whole income. so i stick to a lower base. and when i started this 15 years ago, it was to help support people in the community. but it was also to help the

children be able to build this self esteem more than just and powering for the money by how their child care and extra curricular activities contribute to the financial responsibilities of parents. well, in my particular program, i bring the everything to the children or bring them out because i know most of my parents really cannot afford to go out side. they have program that have meaning they get off of work, they tie it any way, but most of the time, they just can't afford to take the child to amusement park or even to the zoo or any type of structure environment. so we basically do everything we a one stop shop, meaning we gives all the supplies, but we also take that burden off the mom. and this is why we have such a long waiting list right now. are looking to open to more sites because we realize that the parents needs

a bigger than what we thought opens 15 years and i see the parents beg him to get into this particular site because they know everything will be brought to the child, the extra curricular activities help the parents of they can be more flexible with work hours or the cost benefit of extra curricular activities is just not worth it . the extra curriculum activity does help the parents because it puts them at ease, especially when i send the photos and say, look, we have a merry go around. look, we have to sue a. we visit in santa claus. oh, we doing some extra curricular activity and there's no added pocket expense on their behalf. and the parent is at work not worrying because some of my children stay my kids, but 10 to 12 hours. so that means majority of the day with me. so by the time the weekend comes, the parent just overwhelmed with just everyday activities such as laundry cooking cleaning. so that's why we do the one stop shop with

a mom doesn't mom and dad or grandma doesn't have to worry about the child being too good for. how do government support programs and policies contribute to alleviating the financial burden of child rearing? so they have a child to vouchers from real estate and children's services in different programs, 3 k. and what they do is they supplement and according to your income. but they also allow the children to be in child care and not have to have the financial burden of where we do i pay for the child care or do i pay for my rent? i paid for my lights or pay for the child. and a lot of the kids have actually all closed because of colby and that means that we're limited on quality child care. so that's why we have such a long waiting list. and i said, you know what, i'm going to go out on fields and actually open another site so that i can be able to address these major issues and other areas where government initiatives could be

enhanced to better support families. i think once a child is involved in child care, it shouldn't be the daycare provider telling parents to go in. right. so the supplemented a child to you about is i think it should be automatically sent out to the parent. so the parent to know and how would they know because they do a database and they know exactly how many children are born. and when they do the senses, that's the part that should allow parents to be able to address the child key issues without worrying about the child staying with grandma. instead of actually being any child care center on a loop setting. how does income disparity influence the choices and opportunities available to families in terms of the quality of life for their children? well, disparity part comes in, like i said, the migrate children that as service in my daycare is not just me servicing the

child a service. the whole family because if the family is not together, it means the child will struggle. so my goal is to help assist a whole family. so no one ever lives on the property property is something that in america a bit, we all should never have to face because there's too many supplemental programs that can help and assist you. and are there initiatives and bridging the educational gap for children from lower income families? yes, they do have a lot of programs like s o d u p k 3 k in supplemented programs. so if you are from a low income bracket that you are able to get the child care vouchers in please, what out, where are we in? is my child going to get quality care? and i think every parent whether you're low income or wealthy, your job and your goal is to educate your children,

but the safe at the same time i give, i actually am on the network. what i do revise and i always tell parents to go by referrals if there's someone in your network work indeed has a childcare center. most of the children in my care are through with federal. federal is a very important because it allows you not to worry because that prior period already knows daycare provider and do your homework and research everything that looks good is not always goal. so always do your research and everything is in a google search. and you can look at reviews, and you also can research that particular daycare. thank you so much, dr. reba for all your time today. now the bank has become a popular term these days. it stands for dual income. no kids for couples who choose to forego kids and the extra expenses to then enjoy their disposable income on themselves. as a result, banks are often able to afford extra trips,

luxury items, and expensive cars that otherwise would be completely unattainable. almost half of unmarried americans want to get married in the future, but only 20 percent say that they want to have a child. social media has accelerated, this trend, as thousands of couples are going viral, sharing the choice to opt out of parenthood. but while they are having fun and winning today, it doesn't always end up paying off in the long run, because it's important to think about later lives and who's going to look after you when you're older. i'm christy. i. thanks for watching and we'll see you right back here next time on the cost of everything. the take a fresh look around his life kaleidoscopic isn't just

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