Colorado Springs parent Samuel Clark walks through the reality of securing care for two young kids. His four-year-old son James attends Early Connections Learning Center downtown, minutes from Samuel's office. His ten-month-old daughter Margot is home with her grandmother — a woman who spent three decades as clerk to the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court before retiring into full-time babysitting. Without her, the family would be paying more than $30,000 a year.