Crawling Behind: America's Child Care Crisis and How to Fix It - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Crawling Behind: America's Child Care Crisis and How to Fix It write by Elliot Haspel. This book was released on 2019. Crawling Behind: America's Child Care Crisis and How to Fix It available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “I’ve totally washed away the dream of having one more child.” “I had never intended to be a stay-at-home-parent, but the cost of child care turned me into one.” “We had to pull our toddler out of his program because we couldn’t afford to have two kids in high-quality care.” These are not the voices of those down on their luck, but the voices of America’s middle class. The lack of affordable, available, high-quality childcare is a boulder on the backs of all but the most affluent. Millions of hard-working families are left gasping for air while the next generation misses out on a strong start. To date, we’ve been fighting this five-alarm fire with the policy equivalent of beach toy water buckets. It’s time for a bold investment in America’s families and America’s future. There’s only one viable solution: Childcare should be free.
Who Cares for our Children?
Who Cares for our Children? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Who Cares for our Children? write by Valerie Polakow. This book was released on 2007. Who Cares for our Children? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Valerie Polakow spent a year traveling around the country listening to low-income women from diverse backgrounds tell their stories of struggle, resilience, distress, and occasional success as they encountered ongoing child care crises. The resulting work is both a compelling account of the lived realities of the child care crisis, and an incisive critique of public policy that points to the United States as an outlier in the international community. Drawing on historical and international perspectives, Polakow creates a groundbreaking analysis of child care as a human right, persuasively arguing for a universal child care system. “Who Cares for Our Children? is one of the most disturbing books I have read in a long time. It should have a major impact on debates over poverty and social policy.” —From the Foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed “In this beautifully written and provocative volume, Polakow deftly steps aside and lets real mothers, struggling against the odds to keep their families safe and sound, speak for themselves about what they need. This book delivers a timely message: Child care should be viewed as a human right.” —Martha F. Davis, Northeastern University School of Law “A collection of moving and often chilling personal narratives. . . . Who Cares for Our Children? is a powerful and well-documented analysis of the worlds of low-income families.” —Beth Blue Swadener, Arizona State University “Thoroughly researched and grounded in a heartfelt sympathy for the struggles of families . . . that face such painful choices and dilemmas in meeting the needs of their children.” —James Garbarino, Loyola University Chicago
The Tragedy of Child Care in America
The Tragedy of Child Care in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Tragedy of Child Care in America write by Edward Zigler. This book was released on 2009-01-01. The Tragedy of Child Care in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why the United States has failed to establish a comprehensive high-quality child care program is the question at the center of this book. Edward Zigler has been intimately involved in this issue since the 1970s, and here he presents a firsthand history of the policy making and politics surrounding this important debate. Good-quality child care supports cognitive, social, and emotional development, school readiness, and academic achievement. This book examines the history of child care policy since 1969, including the inside story of America's one great attempt to create a comprehensive system of child care, its failure, and the lack of subsequent progress. Identifying specific issues that persist today, Zigler and his coauthors conclude with an agenda designed to lead us successfully toward quality care for America's children.
America's Child-Care Crisis
America's Child-Care Crisis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Child-Care Crisis write by Sarah Taylor Vanover. This book was released on 2021. America's Child-Care Crisis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The child-care industry-essential to American families and to the American economy-is at risk of complete collapse. Before COVID-19 struck, the child-care industry faced funding issues and staffing dilemmas, while families struggled to find-or simply afford-quality child care. The reality is that COVID-19 has only exacerbated the challenges of the already-fragile child-care ecosystem. America's Child-Care Crisis takes a hard look at the current state of the industry and explores how to save this critical service by: Identifying the systemic changes needed Altering public opinion of the field S.
The Four-thirds Solution
The Four-thirds Solution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Four-thirds Solution write by Stanley Greenspan. This book was released on 2001-10-11. The Four-thirds Solution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of America's leading child psychiatrists reveals how parents can give young children the very best start while maintaining their working lives.
