How can we improve the childcare crisis?

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Anonymous wrote:Free free free. I want everything for me. I am a parent and you owe me that .

Yee haw!

You actually do owe me. We have no future without children.

Did you go to public school, PP?

DP but nope we sure don't. Posting the same question in bad faith about public school over and over again doesn't change that, unfortunately.

It’s actually on point. We, as American taxpayers, fully fund public school education from k thru 12 for the betterment of our society. Those of us comparing public school with daycare are exactly on point. Why public school and not daycare? It’s outdated thinking to say education starts at five. Learning starts at birth.

It’s a very apt comparison, PP. Even if you don’t send your kids to public school, you’re still paying for it.

K is when academics start. Birth-5 is day care. Big difference.

except birth-3 is the prime developmental foundation period. wtf.

This is what mother's should be doing!

Why? And how? The question of affordability aside, how many parents have college degrees in Early Childhood Development and can provide a stimulating atmosphere for a baby one to five years of age? What about socialization?

The simple fact is that the housewife-home-with-kids model has been proven not to be the best for brain development.

And “academics” start way before age five!

Ok I’m a fully on board with subsidized daycare (the market doesn’t work otherwise) and universal PK. But this is a dumb argument. You don’t need a degree in early childhood education to take care of a 1 or 2 year old, and the “teaching” that kids need at this age is not academic. You need to be loving, attentive, and patient, and follow some basic expectations for providing helpful stimulation and environment for a baby toddler. This can be done in a daycare, with a nanny, with a parent, or with another adult relative. Let’s not act like you need a masters degree to care for a baby. It’s hard work but the best knowledge is experiential, not academic. And your best tools are actually socio-emotional, not intellectual.

And babies and toddlers benefit from being around other people but do not actually need peer socialization until 2 at the earliest (and most kids do great if they don’t get it until 3). It’s good to be around other kids (and adults, it’s just good to have plenty of human interaction), but you don’t need to start actively socializing them to play with one another until 3. That’s when their brain development necessitates it.

Through out history, people have minimized children’s education with “they don’t need qualified teachers”. We’ve been having this same debate with every change to better education.

Studies have proven that babies need stimulation and language - more than what typical housewives were giving them - and direct conversation to maximize brain development.

[Anonymous]

I have a right to own a home. And you (taxpayer) have to pay for it. It is for the good of society that I own a home.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a right to own a home. And you (taxpayer) have to pay for it. It is for the good of society that I own a home.

Not just any house but a house in the best zip code and a minimum of 3,000 get. Also, a new car and now that has is so high, it is for the good of society that you pay for my gas. Let's close all day care because none of the minimum wage staff have Early Childhood degrees!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a right to own a home. And you (taxpayer) have to pay for it. It is for the good of society that I own a home.

Not just any house but a house in the best zip code and a minimum of 3,000 get. Also, a new car and now that has is so high, it is for the good of society that you pay for my gas. Let's close all day care because none of the minimum wage staff have Early Childhood degrees!

Stop embarrassing yourselves. You’re not good at satire.

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I think it is pretty great and shows those "you owe me I am special because I have kids so everyone else needs to pay for them" responsibility-dumping parents.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it is pretty great and shows those "you owe me I am special because I have kids so everyone else needs to pay for them" responsibility-dumping parents.

If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a right to own a home. And you (taxpayer) have to pay for it. It is for the good of society that I own a home.

Not just any house but a house in the best zip code and a minimum of 3,000 get. Also, a new car and now that has is so high, it is for the good of society that you pay for my gas. Let's close all day care because none of the minimum wage staff have Early Childhood degrees!

Stop embarrassing yourselves. You’re not good at satire.

It wasn't satire. This is how most of you think. You want everything given to you because you are incapable of giving your child/children what they need and you think the rest of us should pay for your child.