This week, the New Republic ran an article, “The Hell of American Day Care: An Investigation into the barely regulated, unsafe business of looking after our children.” The article reviewed the condition of child care in America today and highlighted t...
En un mundo complejo, los niños de hoy dia estan expuestos a una variedad de eventos chicos y grandes que implican violencia, desastres, terrorismo, muerte y pérdida. Los niños son a menudo testigos, así como víctimas de, tales acontecimientos. Obser...
Children today are exposed to a wide range of events involving violence, disasters, terrorism, death and loss. Children are often a witness to, as well as a victim of such events. In observing print and electronic news reports and the reactions of family...
Con la temporada ocupada de gripe, es importante recordarse porque la higiene de las manos es tan importante. Al mantener las manos limpias uno puede reducir el contagio de los microbios. Usted puede practicar esto en la casa, pero también puedo hablar c...
Last week a front page story in the Washington Post shared the tragic death of 3-month-old Camden Lafkin in a Virginia child care program. The child care provider and Camden’s cause of death are under investigation. What is known is that the...
A front page Washington Post story on Sunday, March 10, “After a baby’s death, a Virginia mother fights for stronger child care standards,” shared the tragic story of 3-month-old Camden Lafkin’s death in a Virginia child care program. The ch...
This week in Washington, President Obama shared his vision for strengthening early learning throughout America. In the President’s State of the Union address and also in a visit to a preschool program in Decatur, Georgia, the President talked abou...
Last week, for the fifth year, Rep. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) in Missouri introduced a bill to save children’s lives. The bill is called “Nathan’s Law,” after a 3-month-old infant in Missouri who died in a child care program. (more…)...
We’re building a nationwide movement, a campaign to expand access to affordable, quality child care. Every week, nearly 11 million children are in some type of child care setting – on average for about 35 hours. Our studies show that the quality of ch...
Nearly 11 million children under age 5 are in some type of child care setting every week – on average for 35 hours. The recent tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, is a reminder that we need to review our nation’s child care policies and practices t...
