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GHHH Research topic: Childcare endangerment

Focusing Statement: Childcare endangerment can be caused by many things

Essential Background info for info:

Potential Hook/Grabber: Childcare facilities are only getting worse

Topic 1: Improper training Explanation There are several daycares that are inadequate and or capable of harming a Childs development.

Evidence/Quotes: In 1994 a study of children cared for in provider’s homes, known as family-care providers, painted an equality grim picture. The study rated more than one-third of the programs as inadequate. Only nine percent of homes studied were deemed as enhancing the growth and development of children.

Explanation

It is not uncommon for daycares to be up and running without licensing or while awaiting a license. This is not only a crime but it puts the children in harm’s way because they are not being cared for by proper caretakers. Also this is almost always unbeknownst to the parents, this gives them the allusion that there child is in good hands.

Evidence/ Quotes: Unbeknown to Fajardo, the other disquieting incidents had occurred at the ABC Children's learning center in Fairfax city, which was being allowed to operate while it appealed a license suspension.

Explanation Improper training can sometimes be fatal to children. It is not un heard of for even licensed care takers to not be properly trained.

Evidence/Quotes " Three-month -old Jeremy Fledelhotz died last year in a licensed family child care home in plantation, Fla., after being put to sleep on his stomach, which doctors say increases the chance of sudden infant death syndrome. When his mother, Julie Fiedelholtz, stopped by to visit during his first day, she found him in his own vomit. An aide, who was watching 12 other children in different rooms, called 911. The centers owner- who was out grocery shopping- was later fined $200 for violating the state’s minimum child-adult ratio and for leaving the children with an aide who lacked certification in CPR"

Topic 2: Inadequate funding

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explanation

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Children need a safe and secure environment in order to learn. But not all Daycares can provide this because they are not being provided with enough money, or did not have adequate funding from the gecko.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence/ Quotes <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A 1995 University of Colorado at Denver study concluded that the quality of child care <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">at centers in the quality of child care at centers in the United States is " poor to mediocre". The study found that 12 percent provided less than minimal-quality care, which can jeopardize children's health, safety and development. Only 14 percent ranked as having good - quality care for children overall.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explanation

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Inadequate funding can lead to several problems, and result in child cares not providing things such as proper housing, food, furniture and other things such as heating and cooling systems. Cleanliness is also an important part of childcare facilities. Because of low funding some facilities lack cleanliness. Children also lack in supplies and materials, such as toys, blocks, pencils, crayons and furniture.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence/Quotes

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Babies in poor- quality rooms are vulnerable to more illnesses because basic sanitary conditions are not met for diapering and feeding; are endangered because of safety problems that exist in the room; miss warm, supportive relationships with adults; and lose out on learning because they lack books and toys required for physical and intellectual growth."

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explanation <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The low pay of care takers is believed to be one of the biggest causes of childcare quality. Also because most workers do not have educations or experience this can also effect there low pay, considering daycare are now looking for quantity instead of quality.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence/Quotes <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The quality of child care is directly affected by low pay, high staff turnover and lack of training, says Helen Blank, Director of the Child care and Development Division at the Children's Defense Fund. The average care worker only earns about $12,000 a year, she says, and in 32 states workers in child-care centers do not need a background in early childhood education or training before starting to work with children.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Topic 3: Government Regulation

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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Government regulation has become extremely too lean when it comes to child care. Making it too easy for day cares that are inadequate to slip through the system.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence/Quotes

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A 1996 U.S News & World Report investigation found that 76 children and infants died in childcare-care facilities from drowning, falls, being hit by cars and SIDS.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explanation

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Government regulations are also loose on rules such as how many caregivers there should be per child. This is not only dangerous to children but it can also get the care givers and the day care itself into trouble. Government regulation also requires day cares to enforce immunizations and make sure all providers know CPR, but like other things the government has loosened its rules.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence/ Quotes

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Minimum child-care requirements vary from state to state, even in health and safety basics such as requiring all children to be immunized and providers to know CPR and first aid. There are also wide differences among states on the number of caregivers needed per child. In Texas, for example, one adult can care for up to 10 year and a half year olds. In Maryland, the ratio is one adult for every three children up to 18 months.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Example

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The government allows small daycares to get by on certain regulations such as licensing. This not only makes it harder to realize weather the place and caretakers are adequate, but most times any abuse that is going on is not noticed.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence quotes

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Most states do not license or inspect small Family-care providers, such as those serving three to six children in their homes. In addition, 39 states and district of Columbia do not require training before providers can care for children in their homes. Recent battles over states rights have led most child care experts to stop pressing for passage of federal childcare standards. Some experts still argue, however, that national standards- perhaps set by a private nonprofit organization- are essential.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Topic 4: Poor neighbor hoods

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Example Minorities are usually the one that suffer and are under cared for in daycares.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence/quote

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In addition, low-income and minority children in family-based care received lower-quality care than other children.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Example

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">High prices make it harder for families struggling to afford top notch day care services. There for leading them to put their children in daycares that they don't prefer.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">By any standard, child care is a major expense, costing up to $10,000 a year per child, or more than the cost of tuition at many public universities. About half of all American families with young children earn less than $35,000 a year.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Example <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Even parents that both works have trouble paying for children child care especially those with more than one child.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A family with both parents working full time at minimum wage earns only $21,400 a year. An estimated 13 million children under age 6 whose mothers are employed outside the home- including 6 million infants and toddlers- spend part of their day being cared for by someone other than their parents.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Example

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Recent changes for parents in welfare law have made it harder for parents with low income to find good child care.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence/quotes

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Recent changes in the welfare law require all parents on welfare to work, even those with a child as young as three months. (States can exempt a parent from the work requirements until a Childs first birthday. But many including New Jersey and Michigan are not doing so)

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Example – Families who come from different countries and different areas usually are located in poorer areas or have a harder putting their children in secure daycares because of the language barrier.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence- Research has shown that children in good child care and early-education programs have stronger language, pre math and social skills as well as better relationships with teachers and as more positive self image than those in poor centers and programs. Moreover, quality care has an even greater impact on the language skills and self- perception of “at-risk” children.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Topic 4: Two parent workers

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Example

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Parents who both work outside the home find it harder to find quality childcare that will provide to their schedule.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence/quotes

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Many child care experts say the supply of licensed care givers has not kept up with the demand, especially for infants and toddlers and school age children. Parents who work nights and weekends often have additional trouble finding caregivers, as do those with special needs children, those whose regular caregiver is unavailable or whose child is sick and those in rural and inner city areas.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Examples

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Most parents that have to work nine to five jobs usually have to work weekends also. This is an issue for most parents because most daycares do not provide care on weekends.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence/Quote

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In California, for example a recent study found that just 4 percent of the child care centers are licensed to serve toddlers and infants under age 2. And only two percent of the states centers were open weekends, evenings or overnight.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lack of child advocators

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Examples- Because most people are ignorant of the problems involving childcare, they speak against those that do know of childcare issues.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Cato institute argues against “government intrusion” in child care that takes away parental choices and responsibility. “Advocates of child care should not propose policies that will ultimately render child care less affordable,” policy analyst Darcy Olsen writes in a recent report on child care. “The fact is that high-quality child care is available and affordable even for low income parents. Misguided policies that would increase regulations and subsidies would increase the costs of child care, pricing I tout of the reach of those they intended to help.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Examples- Those that are ignorant to the issues believe that the problems involving child care issues are either exaggerated or made up.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Moreover, Bauer of the family Research Council argues that the demand for more government involvement in child care is exaggerated. “Any expansion of federal over sight, by definition, will limit options and pose regulatory nightmares.” <span style="display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Works Cited <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Addams, Gina, Karen Schulman, and Nancy Ebb. “Child care Options.” //CQ Researcher.// Sage Publication, n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2011. <http://library.cqpress.com/‌cqresearcher/‌document.php?id=cqresrre1998050800&type=hitlist&num=0>.