Crawling behind : America's childcare crisis and how to fix it / Elliot Haspel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haspel, Elliot, author.

Contributor:

Tom Monahan Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child care--United States.

Child care.

Child care--Government policy--United States.

Households--Economic aspects--United States.

Households.

United States--Economic conditions--2009-.

United States.

Child care--Government policy.

Economic history.

Households--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

143 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Texas : Black Rose Writing, [2019]

Summary:

"The lack of affordable, available, high-quality childcare is a boulder on the backs of all but the most affluent. Millions of hard-working families are left gasping for air while the next generation misses out on a strong start. To date, we've been fighting this five-alarm fire with the policy equivalent of beach toy water buckets. It's time for a bold investment in America's families and America's future. There's only one viable solution: Childcare should be free."--back cover.

Contents:

1. Why isn't childcare free for families?

2. The many faces - and brains - of childcare

3. The broken childcare marketplace

4. How child development credits would work (and why stay-at-home parents should be eligible)

5. Quality in formal care

6. Quality in informal care

7. Quality in friend, family, and neighbor care

8. Quality in parental care

9. Childcare sholuld be a bipartisan issue

10. Childcare sholuld be free for families - and America can afford it

11. The future of families

12 Variations on a theme

Conclusion: 'Punctuating the equilibrium."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (15 unnumbered pages).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Monahan Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781684334278

1684334276

1944715525

9781944715526

OCLC:

1122869769

Publisher Number:

99995632516