As wealth inequality in America reaches new heights and wage growth for the middle and lower classes remains stagnant, more and more Americans are being forced to work late-night and early-morning shifts in order to support their families.
But who's looking after their kids?
Ten years ago, 9-to-5 childcare was standard. Not anymore. In a piece for Pacific Standard, Alissa Quart explores the fast rise of 24-hour daycare centers, where children are dropped off and picked up around the clock, and where many kids stay overnight. Quart calls this "extreme daycare." Are 24-hour childcare center destined to become the new normal? How will this trend affect the development of our children? Will it instill a new sense of independence -- or, rather, abandonment -- within a generation?
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