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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fundamentally, these are inconvenient truths that the families are unlikely to willingly admit. [/quote]

There are inconvenient truths that critics of the AP are also unlikely to willingly admit. There are HFs who take advantage of an imperfect system and accordingly, there are APs who have poor experiences. There are HFs who should be barred from the program and have exploited APs, going against the express rules of the program. There are HFs whose reason for having an AP is rooted in language. There are HFs who are single professional women who need full-time child care. There are HFs who are people of a color. There are HFs who are middle class. Some of the criticism of the AP program is a product of sexism that says women should raise their kids and not work. Some of the critics of the program believe that only UMC or wealthy families (mostly white) are entitled to have an AP who essentially serves as a low-cost limo service ferrying kids to after-school activities for a few hours a week maximum, and anything beyond that is exploitation. If we re-imagine the AP program the way that critics would have it - the program would have largely white, wealthy HFs with HMs who do not work outside the home. [/quote]

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