Child care is an
Child care is an invisible part of the economy. Ellen Galinsky
Child Care
I don\\’t think child
I don’t think child care is ever going to be much of a federal effort. Just like education. Six or 7 percent – that’s all I want from the government. Pay that piece of it for poor or developmentally disabled children. Edward Zigler
Most mothers and fathers
Most mothers and fathers will shop more for a TV set than they will for a child care center for their child. Edward Zigler
The problem in child
The problem in child care, which really all of us are going to have to think hard on, is that there is no really great solution that we can come up with for ages zero to three. Edward Zigler
We have to stop
We have to stop harming children in child care. I’m trying to make us stop. I wouldn’t know what to do otherwise. Edward Zigler
Perhaps one reason that
Perhaps one reason that many working parents do not agitate for collective reform, such as more governmental or corporate child care, is that the parents fear, deep down, that to share responsibility for child rearing is to abdicate it. Faye J Crosby
Attention spans are changing.
Attention spans are changing. It’s very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids now won’t be able to read. I was reading Kipling and PG Wodehouse and Shakespeare at the age of 11. The kind of description and detail I read I would not put in … Read more
Caring for children is
Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness. Charlotte Sophia Kasl
Each day of our
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. Charles R. Swindoll
But the majority of
But the majority of mothers work – and are responsible for taking care of the kids and home. And more fathers are spending more time doing child care and housework, and still working long hours. That work-life conflict is weighing on everybody. Brigid Schulte