"This is the community that shaped me, that taught me the values that guide my life day to day. I want that for my child."

Low salaries and limited training options stymie efforts to recruit special education workers in Hawaii schools.

Hawaii's cost of living convinced a Honolulu family to go prospecting for a new life in Texas. "We realized staying is stupid," says Nora Yolles-Young.

Giving birth on the islands is relatively cheap, but the high cost of goods and services makes raising a child here an expensive proposition.

The average cost for infant care is nearly one and a half times more than in-state tuition at UH Manoa.