What is Child Care worth to you?

Just as high quality child care boosts the economy in the form of creating jobs, as well as supporting jobs, and putting more money back into the economy, low quality child care can negatively affect the economy. The American Academy of Pediatrics states that “Inferior-quality care, at home or outside the home, can have harmful effects on language, social development, and school performance that are more difficult to ameliorate, especially for children in schools with fewer resources.” This is turn means that when a child goes to school more money and effort will be needed in the form of remedial instruction and special services.

Not only does low quality directly affect the economy in ways such as funding in schools, it also indirectly affects production costs in business. According to Harris Interactive's 2002 Unscheduled Absence Survey, unscheduled absenteeism cost small businesses an average of $60,000 annually and more than $3.6 million for large companies. One quarter of those absences were due to family issues, including children's illness and unscheduled breakdown of early care and education arrangements (Meehan).

Without child care, the economy would suffer, and this industry is only going to increase in the years to come. Looking toward the future it is imperative that we seek to find ways to increase the quality of child care and improve this vital profession to ensure the stability of our nation.

Parents, are you looking for quality daycare or childcare? Are you looking for someone who’s more than a babysitter? Wondering what your states standards and regulations are? Want your children to get a good early childhood education from a teacher who cares and is qualified? Have you checked out your local Child Care Resource and Referral Agency (CCR&R) for quality childcare?

I’ve also written a book because of my experiences in teaching and, most importantly, my experiences teaching in child care. I’ve always been one to demand excellence in everything I do and from everyone I encounter. The fact that child care is less than excellent keeps me searching for a way to improve the standards that aren’t meeting my, and hopefully your expectations.

I am just one of many professionals who have worked over the years to achieve excellence in child care. I have always been one to make sure I have the facts before making assumptions or conclusions about any topic. With that mind, the book I've written is a compilation of the research I have studied, along with my personal experiences that I have used to draw conclusions about the state of child care in the United States. Although I may refer to other countries, it is merely to compare and contrast what I feel is a noteworthy fact about what other countries are doing to support the future of their country.

I always thought that if I’m a good teacher and a good role model, then others will follow suit and step up to the challenge of creating quality child care, and that it would be enough. I’ve always hoped that there are more people out there that have the same standards I do and are creating the same quality than not, but the more I teach, the more I find this isn’t the case.

Angie

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