{"id":477627,"date":"2026-10-27T00:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T00:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/477627\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T00:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T00:24:08","slug":"as-texas-parents-feel-rising-cost-of-child-care-abc13-examines-data-from-new-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/477627\/","title":{"rendered":"As Texas parents feel rising cost of child care, ABC13 examines data from new report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; The rising cost of child care: parents feel it every day, in all kinds of ways, big and small.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A new report from online marketplace LendingTree shows the cost to raise a child from birth through age 18 has climbed over $300,000. That\u2019s a 28% jump from just three years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">While the report shows Texas is still one of the most affordable places to raise a child in the country, the average family income for families of four living in Texas cities is $127,000, which means raising a child costs about 16.5% of their income.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Records show infant daycare is the most expensive of all childcare, partly because Texas requires more staff to take care of babies than for older children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to Daycare Record, a web database that analyzes state records, parents are spending just over $45 a day for infant daycare. That\u2019s cheaper than you\u2019ll find in Austin, but more expensive than you\u2019ll find in more rural places like the Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">There are several state programs available to help you pay for childcare. Most are for families who meet the federal poverty level. You can call 211 for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; The rising cost of child care: parents feel it every day, in all kinds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[161428,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-477627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-161428","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}