Minnesota Losing Childcare Providers at an Alarming Rate

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Ann Leckie wrote a novel, Provenance, set in the universe of her multiple-award-winning Imperial Radch trilogy.

The driving trauma of the narrator comes from her role as the foster child of an ambitious politician. On this world, nobody raises their own children. From birth, children are either swapped between powerful families as a sort of apprenticeship, or dumped in a public creche to be raised by the State. Public creche kids get frumpy uniforms, little or no stipend for their own spending, minimal access to the tech that is a way of life for everybody else, and narrow career options when they grow up. The children lucky enough to be fostered live with the constant threat of disownment if they don't live up to their foster parents' expectations. And the people of the other colonized worlds think this planet is nuts.

This thread made me think of that book for some reason.

Honestly, I'm just waiting for the day when a child is birthed and sent to a "school". In my area, HeadStart takes 6 week olds. It's not a government thing. Some money is made, but the parents don't want their kids around.

[Josiegirl]

The more I read, the sadder it makes me. What about all the parents who want their child in a small home dc as opposed to a large center, doing things with their child that they'd be doing if they were at home? What will their choices become? Put them in a center or stay out of the workforce until their child becomes school age? That's not a choice for some people.
Homebody, thanks for sharing that article. Sad as it is, it feels like that's the way the country is headed. And I believe it's the total opposite from where it should be.

[Blackcat31]

Here's an article I ran across a couple weeks ago. It was written several years ago, but its got me thinking what the government's real agenda is with all these regulations they are passing.

https://www.americanthinker.com/arti...its_doors.html

SPOT ON!!

In his State of the State address on January 11, 2005, former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds said, "My final question is this: Could it be that the education establishment/child advocate crowd is scrambling to find a way to pump more taxpayer dollars into public education by sweeping preschool-age children into the state-funded school aid formula?" http://www.dakotavoice.com/200702/G/20070206_CF.html

What easier way to accomplish implementing and expanding a new schooling system than to give parents no other option?


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It IS about money and anyone who thinks differently hasn't really been paying attention to what's been slowly happening across the country right under our noses.

The entire idea that children under age 5 NEED academics is silly and yet, parents buy it hook, line and sinker.

But then again, people will buy anything if it's presented to them the right way.

Marketing IS everything and if you word/phrase/twist something just right, you can basically sell anything to anyone.

The carrot on a string is the word FREE.
Most parents have a hard time seeing beyond that.

Even if they know when they really think about it, nothing is ever truly free.

[Blackcat31]

The more I read, the sadder it makes me. What about all the parents who want their child in a small home dc as opposed to a large center, doing things with their child that they'd be doing if they were at home? What will their choices become? Put them in a center or stay out of the workforce until their child becomes school age? That's not a choice for some people.
Homebody, thanks for sharing that article. Sad as it is, it feels like that's the way the country is headed. And I believe it's the total opposite from where it should be.

I agree that there are parents that do want that type of environment but if the alternate option is free, most parents will take it.

It's a rare parent willing to pay for something better, higher quality verses "good enough" that is free. We see it everyday when good parents opt for illegal care providers vs legal programs because of the cost difference.

[Annalee]

SPOT ON!!

In his State of the State address on January 11, 2005, former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds said, "My final question is this: Could it be that the education establishment/child advocate crowd is scrambling to find a way to pump more taxpayer dollars into public education by sweeping preschool-age children into the state-funded school aid formula?" http://www.dakotavoice.com/200702/G/20070206_CF.html

What easier way to accomplish implementing and expanding a new schooling system than to give parents no other option?


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It IS about money and anyone who thinks differently hasn't really been paying attention to what's been slowly happening across the country right under our noses.

The entire idea that children under age 5 NEED academics is silly and yet, parents buy it hook, line and sinker.

But then again, people will buy anything if it's presented to them the right way.

Marketing IS everything and if you word/phrase/twist something just right, you can basically sell anything to anyone.

The carrot on a string is the word FREE.
Most parents have a hard time seeing beyond that.

Even if they know when they really think about it, nothing is ever truly free.

Yep, Yep and Yep.....not that I agree but this IS what is happening!