The Costs of Essential Baby Items Have Gone Up, and Parents Are Feeling the Toll
During 2022 we have seen nationwide increases in the costs of basic essentials. For families with young children, steep increases in the cost of baby items have been especially challenging. In this fact sheet, we look at how these rising costs have impacted the lives of RAPID families.
Previous RAPID survey findings have repeatedly shown that families with young children have been experiencing material hardship since the pandemic began, and this hardship is linked to greater emotional distress among parents and their children.
Now, with costs of basic essentials going up, this pattern will likely intensify as families feel greater financial strain and struggle even more to make ends meet.