- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Childcare Quotes
On raising kids well, at home and through policy.
These childcare quotes cover both daily parenting realities, like childcare ending abruptly at pickup time, and who else can care well for kids, from grandparents to trained staff. See Children quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children need stimulation and stability. That can come from grandparents, cousins, teachers, nannies, childcare centres - as long as they engage with the children and are really fond of them. There are also times when children need to be left alone to learn to be independent and to encourage their imaginary friends.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must use our seat at the table to be a voice every day for women and girls across the country who often do not have the same opportunity to have their voices heard. This means advocating for childcare and paid family leave, as first daughter Ivanka Trump has championed in this administration.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my experience, there are plenty of bad middle-class parents: those who put their own lives and careers before those of their children and make precious little time available for their offspring, preferring instead to hire in childcare and shower them with the latest and most expensive gadgets.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the last 10 years a huge amount has been achieved in getting people into work. Measures such as the New Deal, tax credits, the minimum wage and improved childcare have brought about record numbers of people in work, a number that is still rising despite the global economic slowdown.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fighting to make childcare more affordable for working parents so they can continue working and advancing their careers, closing wage gaps that for too long have held women back from the fair economic opportunities they need.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've seen straight, partnered women explain their decision to stay at home by noting that childcare would have taken too much out of their paycheck - as if this cost was just theirs to bear!
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
If both parents must work, I think it is more important that the mother has proximity to the child to therefore establish a childcare situation at the big corporations not once a day, but many times a day.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a supportive family and an outstanding team, but I also have a flexible work schedule that allows me, at least some of the time, to get to the kids' school program or the doctor visits when I need to. So family-friendly work schedules have become more of a passion of mine, and the cost of childcare is also a huge issue.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we should be looking at ways that we can make childcare more available at the place of employment.
- Early Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every working family in America knows how hard it is today to find affordable childcare or early childhood education.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020