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Problems of Working Parents

In an ideal universe, each child would be raised by his or her two parents in an atmosphere of love, concern, care, structure, and peace. We don't live in an ideal universe, and until we do we will need to do something about the problems that we have. One of those problems is that our society has developed to the point where if the family is going to obtain the things it wants then both parents will have to work to be able to purchase them.

This leaves the child with a fluctuation in parents, and it leaves the parents with the problem of deciding who will care for the child. In the first two years of the child's life this is an especially crucial decision. During this time the foundation for the child's future relationships will be laid. How the child will relate to the parents, and by extension to other adults, is perhaps the most important factor in a child's upbringing. If this process is formed by peers alone, the child will in fact not learn how to relate to adults, but only to his or her peers. The child will not learn the value of other ages, both to his or her self and to society as a whole.

If the parent is to be absent during this time because of work constraints, then the parent will need to have some means to assist in raising the child that he or she has decided to have.

Since the federal government has stipulated regulations on day care, from the quality of the environment to the quality of the food to be served, it seems logical that the government provide or assist in paying for the day care, as well as providing tax exemptions to working parents who need to pay for day care.

Susan Cheever describes her own situation as a working mother and her relationship with the nanny she hired. While she didn't opt for day care, many of the problems she encountered are the same for all working mothers. How she solved those problems sheds some light on what day care is needed for. She notes that the Department of...

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