Unit B Blog #6

The cost of child care is something that is a big issue in the United States. Mothers obviously want the best for their children but more often than not they are not able to afford it. They dream of a place where their child can grow mentally and socially, while being taken care of and attended to properly. What they often get is a cheap and pretty much the only affordable option, which often shows itself in the form of license-less or non certified care givers, with the chance of extreme neglect because of the staff numbers. One article mentioned that in California child care centers are inspected only once every five years. This means that once inspection time is complete, a lack of care and/or experience can be displayed. Also in a place like L.A., people are often trying to get the cheapest form of child care that is available, and the sad part is that they may have to sacrifice extremely important things like comfort and attention among other things that are essentially what a child needs in a vulnerable age from 1-5 years old.

When using this cheap and un-preferable type of child care, parents take the risk of effecting the child's proper development. This could mean that without the proper amount of attention or the lack of an atmosphere where the child is able to grow mentally with a learning focus, or socially from adults taking the time to speak with them, there is a lot to lose. Mothers and fathers alike obviously want for their children what will make them happy as well as what will increase their chances of getting out of a situation where poverty is the clearest option, but without even average level child care, often times they are losing the opprotunity for their children to break the cycle and escape this lifestyle. This is a risk that most parents hope they do not have to take.