to get that spot. of course, as you mentioned, there are equity implications. not only does it require savvy and time go after those things, but oftentimes lower income people and middle-income people have to fill out a bunch of other forms to get that financial aid. and notably only one in seven families who's eligible for that aid for the aid to pay for childcare gets it. >> there was another great quote from your piece that really stuck to me. and it was "the patchwork system exists because there seems to be this fundamental belief that women should be at home with their children." you talked to a lot of women for this piece, and much of the burden of the children, figuring out childcare and dealing with all of this kind of red tape especially during covid, has fallen on women.