1990-1991 Harry Singer Foundation National Essay Contest

What, If Any Should Government's Role Be Regarding Child Care In The United States?

Carbondale High School, Carbondale, Illinois

     1^st  Alexis Foster 2^nd  Jessica Bennett         3rd Tamara Gibbs
                                                                                          

"Many parents are faced with a triple dilemma: day care is hard to find, difficult to afford and often of distressingly poor quality."  unidentified student

"Day care will never become affordable until the system is deregulated."   unidentified student

"To pay three thousand dollars a year to a day-care center is like receiving a bullet through the right arm for young couples trying to make ends meet." unidentified student

"My question to Mr. Bush is why not mandate leave policies? Big business would not give off time for a parent to care for a newborn child unless made too. Big business often thinks of their employees as numbers, not as warm human beings." unidentified student

"Why not include day care into our public school system? Some experts believe that our nation's educational level would increase if the government would involve itself in the education process at its roots--child care." unidentified student

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