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I chose to study the zero to three website. This is the link
to the website:
I will not receive my first
newsletter until the first of the month. For this assignment I will be
gathering my information specifically form the zero to three website. As I looked
closely at the website I found the issue of money. Often times in the society
today a parent is looking to provide a better life for their child than what
they might have had. On the zero to three website there is a chart titled “Juggling
Jobs and Babies-the Challenges of Young Working Families” (National
Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, 2012) . Below is the chart
from the website. The chart shows the issue of families losing the quality time
spent with their child (National Center for Infants,
Toddlers and Families, 2012) . The issue here is
that families are unable to make enough money to provide for their family (National
Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, 2012) . Work sites
according to this chart do not appear to provide a high percentage of paid time
off to new parents (National Center for Infants,
Toddlers and Families, 2012) . Finally, the chart
shows the percentage that is taken out of a parent’s income to pay for child
care (National Center for Infants,
Toddlers and Families, 2012) . I believe this
issue can stem into other issues. For instance a parent who is struggling to
pay for child care and making ends meet is most likely a stressed out parent.
My question is what is the effect of this stress the parent has on the child?
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References
National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families.
(2012). Working Families Infographic. Retrieved from Zero to Three:
http://www.zerotothree.org/public-policy/working-families-infographic.html
Hi Lisa,
ReplyDeleteThe issues that you selected from the Zero to Three website are certainly prevalent in all of our classrooms. As is made evident by the charts above, families often earn too little and are extended far less paid maternity and paternity leave than necessary. This impacts quality of life, parent-child bonding, and early development. Low-income families are sometimes able to lessen the financial burden of childcare by applying for child care subsidies but for many families, the amount of assistance is still not enough.
I agree, because we make pretty descent money and childcare still seems a bit much for us. We pay 120 a week and our son is 2. And the bad part about the childcare is when he miss days we still have to pay. On like Christmas and Thanksgiving he is out for a week for both holidays and we still have to pay to keep his spot.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy this website because it focuses on the benefits of pre-k, and the importance of helping provide these programs to children, and to all children at that! The parents are also, provided with facts and the page looks easy to navigate.
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