This is an excellent article and very timely. I had no idea the birth rate had significantly dropped, however not surprised. I worked in early childhood for 42 years starting out owning my own family childcare business for 16 years then moving on to a center for three years. After direct care, I worked in nonprofits that supported the early childcare community.
The evidence is there about the benefits of early learning not only academically but socially. The people that would suffer the most from the proposed policies are low income people, one parent families, plus the middle class. Childcare is not cheap nor are the providers making lots of money. In many places childcare is difficult to find or nonexistent.
Seems to me these policies are designed to move people into marriage and have the little wife stay home with the kids. Of course this is presented as a moral issue. You should be married. And I am quite sure that you need to be heterosexual as well. For the people that voted for Trump and were screaming about DEI and complaining about laws infringing on their rights, they sure have embraced the restrictions the current regime has placed on free speech and freedom.
This is an excellent article and very timely. I had no idea the birth rate had significantly dropped, however not surprised. I worked in early childhood for 42 years starting out owning my own family childcare business for 16 years then moving on to a center for three years. After direct care, I worked in nonprofits that supported the early childcare community.
The evidence is there about the benefits of early learning not only academically but socially. The people that would suffer the most from the proposed policies are low income people, one parent families, plus the middle class. Childcare is not cheap nor are the providers making lots of money. In many places childcare is difficult to find or nonexistent.
Seems to me these policies are designed to move people into marriage and have the little wife stay home with the kids. Of course this is presented as a moral issue. You should be married. And I am quite sure that you need to be heterosexual as well. For the people that voted for Trump and were screaming about DEI and complaining about laws infringing on their rights, they sure have embraced the restrictions the current regime has placed on free speech and freedom.