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Child-Care Options for Working Parents

The Need for Child-Care Options for Working Parents

Thesis Statement: In today's economy American women must work and, in order to ensure the well-being of the country's children, large companies and government must provide child-care (and, sometimes, elder-care) programs to allow working parents to perform their jobs without being forced to neglect their children.

I Introduction: In the United States today 60% of all women and 75% of all men are in the workforce. This is a change in the society that has taken place over the last 30 years. Many women no longer have the choice of remaining at home until their children have grown and so parents are forced to find child-care options. Daycare for pre-school children, after-school services for older children, summer programs for older children, and care for elderly dependents of working men and women are often very expensive, good programs are rare, and, in many cases, they simply do not exist. Young children's development can be harmed by poor care, children who are left on their own are more likely to get into trouble, and the economic and emotional pressures on parents have many adverse effects on worker productivity, on individuals, and on family life.

II The extent of the need and the consequences of poor care.

A. Pre-school children: approximately 13 million children under the age of 6 with working parents.

1. Possible consequences of poor care (developmental,

2. Types of programs needed (early childhood education)

B. School-age children: approximately 5 million children

between 5 and 14 at home alone.

1. Possible consequences of poor care (delinquency,

lack of attention to education)

2. Types of programs needed (activities, summer

C. Elderly dependents: possible inclusion in government and

III Government involvement. Costs and Benefits.

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