Who cares for children? Why are we where we are with American child care policy?

Palley, Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.08.005

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“…Palley (2010) notes that current public attitude in the United States, is mostly supportive of parents as the primary influence on family life. Furthermore, public opinion also favors the notion that mother's care is the ideal care for young children (Palley 2010). Despite these findings, most parents and grandparents support funding for child care, believe that poor parents should be working, and rate child care concerns high on the political agenda (Palley 2010).…”

Section: The Us Perspective On Child Care Policymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Furthermore, public opinion also favors the notion that mother's care is the ideal care for young children (Palley 2010). Despite these findings, most parents and grandparents support funding for child care, believe that poor parents should be working, and rate child care concerns high on the political agenda (Palley 2010). The occurrence of these divergent opinions, most likely within the same population, has created confusion, and thus limited the formation of a comprehensive and universal child care policy in the United States.…”

Section: The Us Perspective On Child Care Policymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…One of the reasons for the apparent disconnects between family need and policy in the United States is the influence of traditional gender paradigms on public thinking. Reflective of Korea, many families in the United States have both a need for a dual income and believe in traditional gender roles (Palley 2010;Won and Pascall 2004). Palley (2010) notes that current public attitude in the United States, is mostly supportive of parents as the primary influence on family life.…”

Section: The Us Perspective On Child Care Policymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Reflective of Korea, many families in the United States have both a need for a dual income and believe in traditional gender roles (Palley 2010;Won and Pascall 2004). Palley (2010) notes that current public attitude in the United States, is mostly supportive of parents as the primary influence on family life. Furthermore, public opinion also favors the notion that mother's care is the ideal care for young children (Palley 2010).…”

Section: The Us Perspective On Child Care Policymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The ideology is that child care needed only by those non-normative families that must have a mother working. For all other families it is a choice and thus a private matter and burden taken on by the family (Allen 2003;Durst 2005;Palley 2010;Zigler et al 2009). …”

Section: The Us Perspective On Child Care Policymentioning

confidence: 98%

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“Who Cares for the Children?” Lessons from a Global Perspective of Child Care Policy

Lokteff

Piercy

2011

J Child Fam Stud

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We present the argument that the meaning of child care and the policies that address it are explicitly linked with national ideologies, work force participation, economic success, and child outcomes. The relationship between family and child care policies is cyclical in nature, with a nation's ideology and vision of family often driving child care policies, while child care policies in turn drive and support a nation's ideology. We examine the interrelatedness of child care policy and national ideologies of family in selected industrialized countries. Specifically, this paper first defines child care policy and discusses the national ideological frameworks that provide the impetus for child care policy formation and implementation. Second, the paper explores current child care policies and their connection to the historical and political context of several countries within, including France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Belgium, the Nordic countries, and the United States. Lastly, recommendations are offered for the future of child care policy development with specific recommendations for child care policy development in the United States.

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Section: The Us Perspective On Child Care Policymentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: The Us Perspective On Child Care Policymentioning

confidence: 97%