Every Parent believe that child care should be affordable, accessible, and high quality. High child care cost effects families both personally and economically. A continuing increase in childcare cost makes it difficult for many parents to find affordable childcare causing them to cut their hours at work, work more hours, or quit their jobs and become stay at home parents.
Child care cost should be affordable however, in the state of California annual child care center cost for infants is 13,327 and preschool is 9,106. Some child care cost exceeds the housing cost for many families. Child care is one of the most significate expenses in a family’s budget, often exceeding the cost of housing, college tuition, transportation or food. When quality
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Most child care center have specific hours of operation, causing parent to have multiple child care or seek other care options. According to child care aware one- fifth of parents with children under the age of 13 work nonstandard hours schedules, with more business operating twenty-four hours a day. In jobs today work scheduled hours some may start before child care programs open, or end after the program close.
Child care Assistance is available to low income families, to qualify you must be working or in school. Once income reached a certain level you are removed from the program and no longer eligible the need for more child care facilities. Some children are raised in single family homes meaning that for them to seek employment they need child care. Many low incomes since parent have hard times finding other child care
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According to child care Aware in an industry with staff turnover rates as high as 25 percent, the cost of training new staff is often prohibitive. With limited funds, child care programs are forced to pay low staff wages and provide only limited benefits, making it difficult to recruit and retain qualified staff. qualified staff some child care center allows the welfare department to send them volunteers to work in class rooms, all staff are not trained to work with young children. When child care is unaffordable it impacts the business, they suffer when child care is not available for working parents. High child care cost can affect a working parent causing them to use their sick and vacation day due to child care, change work hours at work so it doesn’t cost them so much for child care or be able to work hours that child care is available and it can also cause parents to lose their jobs due to tardiness and having to leave
Changing demographics in America are leading to an increased need for preschools. In 1950, only 14% of mothers of children under six worked outside the home (Williams 351), but in 1995, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 63.5% of mothers of children under age six worked outside the home (Garey 4). The number of families with two working parents is steadily rising; the number of single-parent families is also increasing. Many families cannot afford to have a parent at home full time but have a hard time affording preschool or childcare costs. A publication by L.M. Casper, printed by the U.S. Census Bureau, found that on average, parents spend 8% of their family's income on childcare (Kinch 68). Many of these parents make great sacr...
The work that I have done to give you the budget for this assignment has been so much information that a whole semester could be done just on Early Childcare start-up budgets. Mt reference list is enormous and I had to make myself stop looking up information so I could complete my assignment. The first step for my budget was from our text and class website discussions and links. Each link lead to another and another and so much information from cleaning regulations to how to do you taxes. To start a Childcare program there are many steps besides your level of education that you need to contemplate.
The quality of child care in the United States leaves room for improvement. According to (Deborah, L., Vandell, & Barbara, W.), suggest that when low-income families received child care, mothers are more likely to keep doctor’s appointments and decrease their stress level. The cost of child care is having a huge impact on the careers of working parents and people with disabilities. According to the case study of Katy Adams is one that conveys the message of different facets of stress and, how it impacts a person’s health and well been.
There is a problem in Texas impacting children’s futures; many childcare centers and homes are not providing children with quality care. In an article about cost and quality in Texas childcare, child development experts Susan Eitel and Joyce Nuner quote a study stating “that [nationally] only 10% of infants and toddlers are in high quality [childcare] programs” (34). The term ratio describes the number of children one caregiver is watching. This number is one of the major factors in the quality of a childcare program. Organizations such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children know as NAEYC release recommendations regarding ratios and accredit programs based on their compliance. Childcare centers and homes must comply with certain minimum standards enforced by Texas regarding ratios; however, these standards often set the bar lower than recommendations made by these early childhood experts. The current standards in Texas do not ensure that all young children receive quality care; for this reason, the Texas Department of Family Protective Services should strengthen the minimum standards regarding ratios to better regulate the quality of care children receive.
Most parents would probably prefer a family member would take care of their child; it could possibly be no cost and would make them feel as though they weren’t having someone else raise their child because they have to work. This is not an option for many parents so they go outside the family to make their choice of care. A day care center and an individual caregiver both have their pros and cons. Day care centers are open longer hours and have more workers in case of illness, caregivers could become ill and the parents would have to take the child to an emergency back up or miss work entirely. Children are very much individuals and have to be considered in the choice the family makes for care of their child. Every family must decide first what they can afford and then weigh the options to provide the best care available to them.
Parents are always questioning whether they would like to have any more children someday. One of the aspects parents think about in this decision is child care. Child care can be pricey and the quality of the child care is also something to think about as well. Parents want their child to grow up and become very successful in life. Choosing a daycare from infant on, is part of the process to becoming successful as they grow. For one to add on to the family they need to think about the quality of child care, the price of child care, and attention of care: how their child will be raised. High-quality child care should be provided at public expense to all working parents!
...ter, because in order to receive daycare help you must be working. A lot of times this still leaves the mother in a bind, due to the lack of hours she works and the lack of support she will receive. At times the mother has to choose a low quality daycare which only makes it worse on her children; they may not endure the proper amount of attention needed as well as nutrition.
Smith, Kristin and Adams, Nicholas, "Child care subsidies critical for low-income families amid rising child care expenses" (2013). The Carsey Institute at the Scholars' Repository. 5 May 2013. Paper. 19 Nov. 2013.
Over time, the debate of childcare issue within the Canadian public policy context has been raging. Rise in the media attention of the social issue of childcare policy in Canada concentrates on the relationship and coordination among the federal, provincial, and territorial governments in addressing the social issue (Finkel, 20013). According to Lewis Steven of The Star Canada News Agency, childcare is one of the priorities the Canadian Federal Government need to consider when designing its social policies. According to Lewis (2013), the Canadian Federal Government needs to consider the safety net income as an important factor contributing to affordable childcare services in the country. In Canada, parents or members of extended family have the responsibility of providing childcare services without the consideration of family net income. However, outside the family, there are many childcare providers operating as private individuals or agencies. Such childcare providers operate as private businesses.
Childcare centers are regulated by the government. Many states also have education and training requirements for teachers and caregivers.
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Children who participate in quality early learning programs tend to be more successful later in school. They are also most socially and emotionally competent. In addition those children show higher verbal and intellectual development during early childhood than children who do not participate in early learning programs (A Parent’s Guide to Choosing Quality Child Care). In order for a child care center to be a quality center they must have an educated staff, a program accreditation, and good health and safety practices. Parents choose high quality child care for many reasons. These programs prepare children for school in which they gain intellectual and social skills. Also the programs are a good opportunity for children because they receive age-appropriate learning materials and activities to let the children learn and grow.
It is common knowledge that a parent is considered the most efficient caregiver for their children. It’s also known that with daily responsibilities of caring for a child financially, parents partake in full-time and/or part-time employment. While needing to do so, many children attend daycare/preschool facilities. Granted, it is the parent’s responsibility to cautiously select where they decide to take their children. This is because parents know that while they are away for numerous hours of the day, their children are in the hands of another care provider and that their care would have an enormous impact on their children. At a young age, a child’s social and cognitive skills are continuing to take shape and the amount of time spent in these facilities has a resilient impact on a child’s development. With proper and superior care no matter the time spent, such positive effects on a child’s development should endure in a child’s cognitive and social development. In other words, there is a great benefit of childcare/daycare attendance on a child’s development.
This is a realistic example of how the financial obstacles facing young families these days result in the use of non-parental child care. Many families today are faced with financial burdens, forcing them to utilize day care services for their children so that both parents can work. This paper will discuss three types of non-parental child care including center-based care, in-home care, and family day care. Furthermore, in an attempt to understand the effects of day care on children, this paper will evaluate the psychological, social, and cognitive impacts on child development as a result of day care. After reading this paper you will recognize that all types of child care can be effective as long as the provider is a quality caregiver.
With all said and done, I think day-care is not a bad place for a child to be after all, as long as no one takes advantage of the situation. This means that the people supervising the children in day-care centers should not take advantage of their parents’ absence to mistreat them, and neither should the parents use day-care as an excuse not to spend quality time with their young ones.