rough draft 1

Melva Anderson
November 14, 2007
Rough Draft
Daycare
Have you notice how the amount of children in the child care system out numbers workers? Child Care is used by more than half of the parents in the United States. I am a parent of an eleven month old son who attends child care on a daily basis. I place a big concern on the overpopulation of the facility, workers ratio, and price of child care.
Overpopulation is a big problem with child care. The facilities accept more children than they can provide adequate care for. Child care facilities should have a specific room for a certain age group. They should separate the younger infants from the older infants. My so n is being placed in the same room with six weeks infants. I feel as though that is a disgrace because at his age he should be learning. Instead of teaching him, they are babysitting him. The younger infants get the attention first because of age. Overpopulation shouldn’t be taking lightly. It can cause a child’s life, well- being, and safety. They should also get another facility for pre- kindergarten children, so that will give more room in the child care facility. It will also prepare the children better for elementary school.
Workers ratio with infants is 4; 1. In most child care facilities, that ratio is not follow through. My son is in the infant room with nine infants and one constant worker. Others workers come in and help, but the majority of the time, it’s only one. Workers should have a child development degree, so they will be certified to teach and care for children of younger ages.
Price of child care is ridiculous! Average child care is a week is one hundred to one hundred twenty dollars a week. The state should give vouchers that are not income base. I propose that the state should build child care facilities design for full time students, where it will be a smaller fee per week. That the state will pay the workers, so that the child care facility would not have to meet payroll to pay their workers. Each teacher should have a degree. So therefore, they would be paying license teachers instead of workers with no degrees.
Child care has a powerful influence in our little ones brain development. If they are overpopulated, workers over worked, and too expensive the children suffer the most.