Day Care: A National Policy

Day care is provided to children, the mentally and physically disabled, and seniors. For purposes of this paper, the discussion will be limited to children. Articles on this subject from various publications have been be used to illustrate various types of fallacious thinking.

Kathleen Keller's article, "'90s Family: Who's Minding the Kids?" is pro-national child care. The article indicates that most parents can not be home with their children because they have to work. The issues she raises include how much does quality care cost and what role should the government and employers play in providing day care.

Keller's article opens with an inflammatory quote from Helen Blank, the director of children care for the Children's Defense fund. Blank indicates that, while politicians say they want families to work, they are taking away child care assistance which e

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pport fair treatment of children. Similar to the first article cited, this article based most of its information on assumptions about how the government would treat children in the future. The Children's Defense Fund compiled numerous statistics to support the deteriorating conditions in the lives of most children in the United States ("Different" 28). However, this type of empirical data was not provided to support the assumption of the government's lack of intention to protect children. Most of the statements in this article stack the deck against the government. The statistics are grim. The plight of poor children in the United States is portrayed in the most negative terms possible. While the statistics are accurate, the relationship between the condition of the children and the action of the government may or may not be related. The reasoning, as presented, is illogical and presumptive. Both articles use appeals to pity extensively. One of the major stakeholders in the national child care policy debate is American Business. Several plans have been introduced to put some of the burden of child care onto the employer. Anne Lewis contrasts the differing opinions about child care in her article "A Tale of Two Meeting
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