One reason this is such an important read is how it illuminates philosophical underpinnings of child care policy we don't often talk about. Michel charts how U.S. child care policy rests on a welfare foundation, and not a feminist one. This matters. (1/4)
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As she points out, to get to 'universal' child care (child care as a public good), "Congress will probably need to replace the child care block grant, which, though very helpful in the past and given a second life in pandemic relief, is still framed as... (2/4)
... support for low-income families rather than as a universal program." This is a bigger lift than just supercharging subsidy; but in its DNA, subsidy was designed as a means-tested welfare program. Other nations talk abt child care entitlements or rights - very different. (3/4)
So in addition to reframing child care for the public, we need to craft a new public policy framework that simultaneously centers family needs & preferences (inextricable from moms having legit work/care choices!) + children's thriving in a functional, well-resourced system. 4/4
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