Alyssa Quart

And when he first started doing research there, he expected that family bonds might just be a little less strong, a little less central to people's lives because the government significantly subsidizes childcare.

But what he found was actually that the relationships were still completely important to people.

They were almost like, you know, able to be a little lighter, though not less central, because they didn't always have this stress on their back.

And I think, you know, that allows people potentially to see each other, you know, as human beings and as individuals and not just as their family roles.

Which I think, you know, is a real risk in the U.S.

that although it's really beautiful to depend on each other, we also don't want to see each other only as sort of sources of help.