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What is the appropriate method or methods to develop and institute child care service in the workplace? What is the minimum number of employees needed for implementation of such a program? What is the significance of having child care in the workplace? Providing child care in the workplace can have many benefits for companies, including improving employee morale, lowering turnover and attracting a wider variety of applicants(Hahn). Although providing workplace child care can be expensive, many companies find that it saves money in decreasing employee absenteeism and turnover. Several options exist, from bring-your-baby- to-work programs to on-site day care and cooperatives. Workplace child care is an
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While many businesses may be initially reluctant about costs, a 2005 study, "How Companies Can Benefit from On-Site Child Care,” details how employers that offer on-site child care saw returns and savings between 50 and 200 percent of the costs to operate the child care. While large employers typically have more resources to invest in on-site child care, small employers have tools at their disposal to provide on-site or near site child care to their employees. Small businesses can collaborate with other area small businesses to provide on or near site child care, and share the …show more content…
would have a daycare center at the mother's place of work(Reeves). The beginning of daycare in the U.S. was woven into the early welfare and reform movements of the mid-19th century. Many of the early daycare nurseries grew out of the need for someone to look after the children of disadvantaged immigrant workers (Reeves). Jane Addams, winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize, opened a settlement house in Chicago in 1889 – Hull House – that provided much needed assistance and care to immigrants. It included resident quarters, a dining hall, a library, a salon and a nursery school that provided child care on behalf of its immigrant working parents. Some residents worked at the Hull House itself, while many worked outside the settlement house, which also provided classes and training for adults. The first daycare centers located at the mother's workplace were built during World War II when "Rosie the Riveter" went to work instead of her husband who was busy fighting the war. In 1943, the Kaiser Company opened up daycare centers at its shipyards in Richmond, California, and Portland, Oregon(Reeves). The centers, built by owner Henry Kaiser, were open 24 hours a day, had a nurse on site for sick children and provided hot meals for mothers to take home at the end of the day. Large windows looked out on the shipyards, so children could watch the shipbuilding. The intent of the centers was to reduce mother's absenteeism and keep her at
Women took on a larger role by creating the Red Cross, Arkansas Tuberculosis Association, and the Arkansas Society for crippled children. The Arkansas Federation of Women’s Clubs began to sponsor “healthy baby’ contests to promote and reward awareness of health in the home.
Twenty Years at Hull-House Two Works Cited Victoria Bissell Brown's introduction to Twenty Years at Hull-House explains the life of Jane Addams and her commitment to insight social change to problems that existed during the turn of the 20th century. As a reaction to the hardships of a changing industrial society, Addams decided to establish a settlement house in the West side of Chicago to help individuals who had suffered from the cruelties of industrialization. Rejecting the philosophies that stemmed from the Gilded Age, such as social Darwinism and the belief that human affairs were determined by natural law, Addams was a progressive who wanted government to be more responsive to the people. As a progressive, Jane Addams committed herself as a social servant to the community in an attempt to fulfill the promise of democracy to everyone rather than a small elite group. Addams’s dedication to communitarian purposes as opposed to individualist gains can be attributed to her upbringing and her remarkable respect for her father, John Huy Addams.
With limited career opportunities for women, she began searching for ways to help others and solve the country’s growing social problems. In 1888, Addams and her college friend, Ellen Gates Starr, visited Toynbee Hall, where the two women observed college-educated Englishmen “settling” in desperately poor East London slums where they helped the people. This gave her the idea for Hull House. In the years from 1860 through 1890, the prospect of a better life attracted nearly ten million immigrants who settled in cities around the United States. The growing number of industries produced demands for thousands of new workers and immigrants seeking more economic opportunities.
Ellen Gates Starr, who was born in Illinois in 1859, enrolled in Rockford Female Seminary. Here, she met what would be a long-time friend, Jane Addams. Together, they founded a mansion in the city of Chicago. After fixing it up, the Hull House was formed. This became the first settlement house in Chicago and in the United States, officially opening in 1889. This mansion was surrounded by the slums of Chicago. They felt no need to move it to another part of the city, but where it would feel more welcoming to the female immigrants and their children. The reason for opening the mansion was to give women a place to stay. Starr felt that the slums obviously weren't sufficient enough.
Three different progressive reformers who worked at the grassroots or local government levels that were interesting to learn about were, Jane Addams, Robert M. La Follette, and Hiram Johnson. Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded the settlement, Hull House on South Halsted Street in Chicago. In the course book on page 675, it says that Addams had two goals; she wanted to help her immigrant neighbors and offer an opportunity for educated women to find meaningful work. I did some research and found an article titled, “Hull House”, written by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. In this article, it mentions how Addams, Gates, and the residents of Hull House were instrumental in the enactment of state child labor laws and in the establishment
She grew up without a mother, but had a prosperous father. Addams assisted with bringing attention to the opportunity of revolutionizing America’s approach toward the poor. In 1889, alongside her friend, Jane Addams, founded the Hull House in Chicago. The Hull House assisted underprivileged people who needed help, care and love. One of the challenges that Addams faced and wanted to overcome was to mandate legislation on the local, state and federal levels. By doing so it would allow all individuals to receive the assistance needed in spite of race, sex, religion or social class. Her desire was to be a self-sacrificing giver to the poor and advocate for women’s rights and change laws that would help put a stop to poverty. Addams advocated for anti child labor laws to limit the hours that a woman can work, mandate schooling for children and she wanted to protect immigrants from exploration. Addams took action to the needs of the community by starting a nursery, dispensary, playground, and gymnasium and provided kindergarten, day care facilities for children of working mothers and accommodating housing for young working women. In the reading, Democracy and Social Ethics, Addams identified that she saw that there were people being excluded in different aspects of society and was therefore actively involved or proactive in attempting to establish inclusion and equal opportunity for
The childcare industry has variables including childcare by a family member, a traditional caregiver or a day care center. It depends on a family’s situation as to which one benefits them most. The two types of childcare to be discussed are the traditional caregiver and a day care center. Parents must decide whether they want a one-on-one or a group setting for the care of their children.
Child care is a rewarding and yet demanding career. These demands come from an abundance of sources: consistent changes to rules and regulations, requests from parents, and the forever evolving needs of a child in your care. Not only should these demands help solidify you as a growing early childhood professional, there are also plenty of other demands that can significantly affect your career choice. These include educational levels, levels of hands-on training, personal interests, family obligations, values, abilities, and your individual professional priorities.
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In 1889 intending to bring culture of the arts to immigrants, Ellen Starr and Jane Addams purchased an abandoned mansion (Kelland 783). The Hull House provided services such as child watch, educational classes, employment agencies, public kitchens and even a library. According to Women in the Progressive Era, by the second year of the Hull House, fulfilled more than two thousand people a week. Just ten years after the Hull House was founded it grew to include roughly 13 buildings, along with working women’s programs, conference rooms, a gym, and a pool. Hull-House helped educate immigrants by ha...
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 is a necessity for a large number of working families and single parents. Fortunately, there are many options available to meet both the needs of the family and their budget. Each option comes with advantages and disadvantages. We will provide some basic information regarding each type, as well as some guidelines in regards to estimated cost.
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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.
Parenting styles have the capacity of influencing a child’s social, cognitive, and psychological growth, which would then affect the child both in their childhood years, and as an adult.