Here comes some creative thinking.
We have a few issues here in the US that we let fall through the cracks way too often. And, then when we address them, we don’t ensure that there’s a clear path to their total resolution.
Continue reading Three objectives rolled into one policy?
So, today is my younger daughter’s birthday. But, for almost a decade, she was my youngest child. Until a surprise child arrived when she was almost 8 years old.
Continue reading Hope you have lots of candles. It’s someone’s birthday today!
I have often written that child care is a neglected need in the USA. And, during the pandemic some 111,000 folks abandoned their child care positions. (That’s about 1/10 of the total industry workforce.) Leaving parents- about 65 million families- who want to be able to work- without any viable child care alternatives.
Continue reading Calling all Day Care Centers
Time to take on some big items.
Child care.
The issue is that society has taken care of this the wrong way for a very long time. Men decided that women should stay home to look after the kids. Because it is really not possible to work and take care of an infant- or even a young child- if one is working.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the child care crisis in America. Working parents have difficult times finding quality day care- at reasonable prices- for their kids. It is not atypical that the costs for child care swallows up the net pay (after taxes) of the lower paid spouse.
Continue reading Universal Child Care
Back when I was a tyke (you know, about 400 years ago), this was never a problem. Because back then, most moms stayed home and took care of the kids. I’m not saying this was great or right or wrong. I’m just saying it was.
Continue reading Now the biggest cost
