Not long ago, I came across a New York Times article about child care that featured one

of the most darkly funny charts I have ever seen.

I don't usually find humor in charts, but this is a chart of how much rich countries spend

on child care, on making sure families have it.

Now there are only rich countries on the chart, and Norway leads.

It spends almost 30 grand a year per child on child care.

Iceland, Finland, Denmark, all spend over 20k per kid.

But it's not just European countries on their Israel, Chile, New Zealand, Oz.

Friend of the show Hungary is down near the bottom.

It spends a little over 7,000 a year per kid, and at the very bottom.

United States comedy spends $500 per year per child.

The state of child care is bad and you know that, but what if I were to tell you that an

American state in a very low key way may have figured out a way to fix the problem?

I am about to tell you that state tune coming up on today explained.

Today explained.

Now you say my princess.

Today you say.

Good job.

It's today explained, I'm New Whale King.

Melissa McGarrity is a mom in New Mexico.

I had my first daughter.

I was bringing her to work with me just fine because my boss understood child care was

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