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Richest families outspend poorest quarter 13 to 1 per child

A 2026 study of ten national U.S. surveys finds the richest 10 percent of families spend more than thirteen times as much per child on enrichment as the poorest quarter, a gap that has grown sharply since the early 1980s.

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A 2026 study of ten national U.S. surveys finds the richest 10 percent of families spend more than thirteen times as much per child on enrichment as the poorest quarter, a gap that has grown sharply since the early 1980s.