More than a mortgage: Sky-high childcare costs are forcing Utah families to plan for fewer children, give up careers

Parents told The Salt Lake Tribune the “financial burden” is reshaping the futures they once imagined.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kathryn Macdonald-Poelman, a mother of three, picks up her youngest son Ezra, 3, at the Dancing Moose Montessori School, a private child care center and preschool in West Valley City on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

More than a mortgage: Sky-high childcare costs are forcing Utah families to plan for fewer children, give up careers

Parents told The Salt Lake Tribune the “financial burden” is reshaping the futures they once imagined.

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