Author
Polakow, Valerie.
Title
Who cares for our children? : the child care crisis in the other America / Valerie Polakow ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich.
Published
New York : Teachers College Press, c2007.
Format
Book
Description
xii, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Link
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006038068.html
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Who cares? -- Whose rights? -- Young, vulnerable, and poor : confronting the child care maze -- Struggling and juggling : school, work, and child care -- On the edges : when two parents can’t make it -- "Difficult" children : disrupted placements and expulsions -- Immigrant mothers : child care in the shadows -- "It was a wonderful and different change" : when child care works -- The right to child care.
Abstract
Lack of access to affordable high-quality child care is frequently the tipping point that catapults a family into poverty, joblessness, and homelessness. Polakow presents the compelling stories of low-income women from across the nation and chronicles their resilient struggles in the face of ongoing child care crises. The resulting work is an incisive critique of public policy that points to the shameful record of the United States in caring for its children. Drawing on historical and international perspectives, Polakow creates a groundbreaking analysis of child care as a human right, persuasively arguing for a universal child care system. ... Publisher description.
ISBN
9780807747742 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807747742 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807747759 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807747750 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject
Child care -- United States.
Children with social disabilities -- United States.
Poor children -- United States.
Low-income mothers -- United States.
Poor families -- United States.
Child care -- Government policy -- United States.
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