Who cares for our children? : the child care crisis in the other America /
Polakow, Valerie.
Who cares for our children? : the child care crisis in the other America / Valerie Polakow ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. - New York : Teachers College Press, c2007. - xii, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index.
Introduction: Who cares? -- Whose rights? -- Young, vulnerable, and poor : confronting the child care maze -- Struggling and juggling : school, work, and child care -- On the edges : when two parents can't make it -- "Difficult" children : disrupted placements and expulsions -- Immigrant mothers : child care in the shadows -- "It was a wonderful and different change" : when child care works -- The right to child care.
9780807747742 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0807747742 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780807747759 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807747750 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006038068
Child care--United States.
Children with social disabilities--United States.
Poor children--United States.
Low-income mothers--United States.
Poor families--United States.
Child care--Government policy--United States.
HQ778.63 / .P65 2007
362.71/20973
Who cares for our children? : the child care crisis in the other America / Valerie Polakow ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. - New York : Teachers College Press, c2007. - xii, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index.
Introduction: Who cares? -- Whose rights? -- Young, vulnerable, and poor : confronting the child care maze -- Struggling and juggling : school, work, and child care -- On the edges : when two parents can't make it -- "Difficult" children : disrupted placements and expulsions -- Immigrant mothers : child care in the shadows -- "It was a wonderful and different change" : when child care works -- The right to child care.
9780807747742 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0807747742 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780807747759 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807747750 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006038068
Child care--United States.
Children with social disabilities--United States.
Poor children--United States.
Low-income mothers--United States.
Poor families--United States.
Child care--Government policy--United States.
HQ778.63 / .P65 2007
362.71/20973