ow and middle income parents of school-age children, and adults heading single-parent families face a real dilemma with respect to child daycare. They cannot afford it, and, yet, they cannot afford to be without such care. A primary justification for the enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act at the federal level of government was the need for one or both parents to be at home with a child during the period of several weeks immediately subsequent to the birth of the child.
One element of American society contends that all mothers should stay home and take care of their own childrenùperiod. These people contend that mothers who use daycare so that they may work outside of the home are, in fact, neglecting their children. Conveniently overlooked in these arguments is the ne
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