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Increase is helping parents pay for child care with their own pretax dollars or dependent care assistance plans. >> at least 50% of companies say they offer some form of help to their workers, whether it's tax deferred options for employees to pay for child care or referral services. but only 7% say they actually provide child care options at or near the work site. >> 35 -- >> i thought it was 26. >> oh, is that a 2? >> for parents it's all about changing people's attitudes towards child care needs and finding a reasonable solution that will help families. >> i think that, you know, somewhere ...

Of child care. and it's been something that our country depends on. we know it affects the health, the brain development of children. i know from my own research that it affects the well being of families. and yet we languish on. >> we can't simply say well, we found someone to watch your child, your child needs to do more than survive, they need to thrive. if we want to put parents back to work, we have to help them with the solution. it's not just about maternity and paternity care. ellen, thank you so much. i want to leave it there. coming up, president trump set to unveil his administratio...

You're talking about hundreds of dollars for one week. and i have two children. >> kadija is not alone. the rising cost of child care is being felt all across the country. according to a new report from child care aware of america, an advocacy group, the national average cost for child care is nearly $8,700 a year. single parents pay nearly 36% of their income for child care expenses for one child. while married couples pay 10%. >> child care is often an invisible economy. it's just so there that you don't even think about it as a critical part of the economy. >> ellen is the president of the ...