America's Child Care Problem: The Way Out

by Barbara R. Bergmann and Suzanne Wiggans Helburn

Book Overview

The revolution in women's lives has created an unprecedented demand for non-parental child care, and sparked a growing child care industry run by both public and private providers. In this book, two... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031221149X
• ISBN13: 9780312211493
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Definitive Landmark work -- highly readable

This book gives a complete summary of the major problems with child care in the United States related to the high cost to parents, the mediocre quality of most care, and the difficulty parents have finding it. The authors argue that the affordability problem can only be solved through large increases in financial aid and that the federal government is the only practical source given the magnitudes involved. They also make recommendations for more public spending to create incentives for parents to demand good quality services and for providers to give it. I found the book extremely informative, authoritative, and easy to read.