Families face tough choices as extra child tax credit ends

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<p>The end of the enhanced child tax credit is forcing parents to make difficult choices. <a href="https://apple.news/AfefE8-X2QX2aU7E8Mitr-g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> tells some of their stories, while <a href="https://apple.news/AiHveV3dIQd6hM1I4aEpL-A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> crunches the numbers on the measure&rsquo;s impact.</p> <p>Death doulas provide comfort in people&rsquo;s final days. <a href="https://apple.news/AVLK5gQXFTQGfNmx57HTgmw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> looks at how demand for the service grew during the pandemic.</p> <p>Chinese American freestyle-skiing Olympian Eileen Gu must walk a political tightrope, competing for China without making comments that anger the government and her corporate sponsors. <a href="https://apple.news/A42NaXtI2ShWiGSpc7ovEnQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> reports on the tough challenge she faces, all at the age of 18.</p> <p>The New York Times is buying Wordle. The Wall Street Journal reports on the <a href="https://apple.news/AB9QIPPhpSquUc9b4LJoZJA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">deal</a>, how the simple word game is sparking <a href="https://apple.news/ABFQBMmoXRqyHVwUNgVFf2g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">complicated debates about strategy</a>, and how it&rsquo;s inspiring some players to get their fix by digging out <a href="https://apple.news/A5aTtCHW4QRSqMfE2AtMPTA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">old childhood games</a>.</p>