{
  "id": 8664521,
  "title": "U.S. childcare costs are astronomical. More families are turning to grandparents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/u-s-childcare-costs-are-astronomical-more-families-are-turning-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/09/20/nx-s1-5963506/us-childcare-costs-astronomical-families-turning-to-grandparents"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Grandparents taking care of their grandkids is nothing new. But the surging cost of childcare in the U.S. has made familial support even more critical for some parents who struggle to afford it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}