Deck 21: Worlds of Pain Lillian Breslow Rubin

Question 1

Describe the working conditions and compensation of childcare center staff in Florida. What can be done to improve these conditions?

Answer 1

not answered

Question 2

Which bill that would have created a universal system of childcare in the U.S. as a right for all families, regardless of income, passed both the House and Senate but was killed by then President Nixon?

A) Agenda for Working Families
B) Early Childcare and Youth Development Act
C) Comprehensive Child Development Act
D) Family and Medical Leave Act
E) None of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Parents who receive help paying for childcare are more likely to be employed and have higher incomes than those without that help.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In the U.S., per capita spending on childcare for every child under 15 is about .

A) $1,071
B) $685
C) $500
D) $200

Question 5

Which of the following states has the least restrictive childcare regulations in the country?

A) California
B) Texas
C) Florida
D) Montana

Question 6

A 1971 bill, the Comprehensive Child Development Ac, would have created universal childcare in the
U.S. as a right, regardless of income.

Question 7

Which of the following countries provide universal or near-universal high-quality childcare?

A) France
B) Belgium
C) Denmark
D) Sweden
E) all of the above

Question 8

Government spending on day care has risen in proportion to the rising number of women in the workforce and the cost of care relative to wages.

Question 9

More than twenty-five states have made it more difficult for families to qualify for childcare subsidies by lowering their income eligibility caps.

Question 10

What is life like for low-wage single mothers of young children? How does the cost of childcare impact families' budgets? What options do single mothers have who cannot afford non-subsidized care?

Question 11

Use evidence from the reading to discuss the pros and cons of public spending on childcare. Do you favor or oppose subsidized childcare? Why?

Question 12

How did one director of a Florida childcare center describe the feeling of being responsible for children while the center was severely understaffed?

A) emotionally draining
B) physical trauma
C) stressful
D) tiring, yet manageable

Question 13

France is the only developed country that provides universal access to publicly funded childcare.