1. Is “Universal Child Care” a good idea? Consider Quebec, which “launched its universal child care program in 1997.”
Evaluations found “2- to 4-year-old children who had been in child care showed significant ⬆️ in anxiety, aggression, & hyperactivity.” ifstudies.org/blog/universal…
2. “As children grew older, these negative outcomes did not dissipate: among 5- to 9-year-olds, the social-emotional problems not only persisted, but in some cases increased, particularly for boys with the most elevated behavioral problems.” economics.mit.edu/files/3103
3. “Follow-up studies conducted 20 years after the program’s inception further revealed a subsequent ‘sharp and contemporaneous increase in criminal behavior’ across Quebec, as the rate of crime conviction jumped 22 percent.”
4. South of the Border, in the US, similar findings in a major NICHD study:
“By age four-and-a-half, children who spent 30+ hours per week in child care had worse outcomes in social competence, behavior problems & greater conflict w adults—at rates 3 times higher than peers.”
5. Given this research, and polls indicating most parents would prefer having young kids cared at home, what is to be done? @kbstevens@AEI and Dr. Jenet Erickson @BYUWheatley argue for restructuring the CTC to maximize parents‘ financial options.
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1. A kind of “Me-First Marriage”—where marriage was seen as a vehicle for happiness, individual fulfillment & self-actualization—reached its zenith in the late 20th c. Many people thought marriage was just abt enjoying the peaks of “Mt. Maslow,” to take @EliJFinkel’s metaphor.👇🏼
2. Many assumed marriage’s other classic functions—mutual aid, financial stability, extending/receiving care to/from kin, & the education/support/care of children—could be handled to an imp. extent by state & market. Leaving men & women to pursue more indiv. model of marriage.
3. But growing social and economic inequality, economic precarity, political & social instability, and the hollowing out of so many of our civic and public institutions mean that a more “Family-First” model of marriage is re-emerging in the 21st century.