KEY POINTS

Seventy percent of U.S. adults say raising kids is unaffordable.

A majority support government assistance for families, with decreased opposition since 2021.

Children's well-being is tied to parents' financial stress and economic stability.

Lina Hardman does most of the shopping for her six-member Sandy, Utah, family. So she wasn’t surprised — though she was a bit amused and also sympathetic — when her husband, Nathaniel, recently got sticker shock while shopping for new shoes.

The price he had in the back of his mind and the price on the shoe in his hand were surprisingly far apart.

His feelings about that put him in very good company.

Prices — from housing to food, utilities and other goods and services families routinely need — have risen faster than many incomes. And

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