Childcare Research Paper by hicaliber
Childcare
A discussion on the need for adequate and affordable childcare for single-parent families.
# 93124
| 2,162 words
| 6 sources
| MLA
| 2007
| 
Published
on Mar 11, 2007
in
Sociology
(Welfare)
, Education
(Early Childhood)
, Child, Youth Issues
(Family Issues)
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Description:
This paper presents statistics showing the high costs of childcare, especially as it affects single-parent families. It argues that the need for childcare to be affordable and high-quality. It also examines the plight of impoverished women, who often have to use informal childcare arrangements in order to make ends meet. The paper calls for a balance between affordability of daycare and quality of daycare to be achieved.
Sample of Sources Used:
- Barrow, Lisa. "Child care costs and the return-to-work decisions of new mothers." Economic Perspectives. December 22 1999. Retrieved February 23 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
- Culkin, Mary. "Cost and quality in child care." Pediatrics. December 01 1994. Retrieved February 23 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
- Kimmel, Jean. "The effect of child care costs on the employment and welfare recipiency of single mothers." Southern Economic Journal. January 01 2003. Retrieved February 23 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
- Kirby, Jacqueline. "Single-parent Families in Poverty." The Ohio State University. Retrieved February 23 2006 from:http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/bulletin/volume.1/bullart1.htm
- Marvin, John. "Dollars and sense of backup child care: When is it the right choice?" Employee Benefit News. April 15 2005. Retrieved February 23 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
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Childcare (2007, March 11)
Retrieved December 02, 2023, from https://www.academon.com/research-paper/childcare-93124/
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"Childcare" 11 March 2007.
Web. 02 December. 2023. <https://www.academon.com/research-paper/childcare-93124/>