https://momleft.substack.com/p/at-what-cost #childcare is a huge #economic driver and this will completely fuck the #democrats in the #2024election. The Biden administration fucking over working families by ending COVID relief programs is going to hand Republicans 2024 because they will stonewall any effort to bring it back then say "bidenomics doesn't work" and people were better off under trump. Because Biden wanted to "tackle inflation" he’s committed himself and the Fed to the contractionary monetary policy that raises interest rates such that the finance overlords pull out their investments and VC money stops keeping things afloat and workers get laid off, also the Fed chair explicitly stated that the idea was to discipline workers. The treasury doesn’t do this against the wishes of the executive branch, if they wanted to they could reverse it. Many economists have told them that more stimulus is actually the real way to beat inflation but that’s not good for capitalists who want to squeeze workers. So as much lip service as Biden will give to how republicans are ruining his plan to build back better or whatever, his fiscal policies speak for themselves.

This is why the average white male voter (who are the only voting demographic not currently being disenfranchised under this system) will be convinced that he was better off under trump, and that has bad consequences.

Childcare – a grim tale | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/childcare-%E2%80%93-grim-tale

#Childcare
#PrivateInvestors
#Murty
#KoruKids
#Profiteering
#Shepherd
#ChildcareCosts
#ChildcareShortage

“It isn’t just individual children or parents that will be impacted, it’s the economy as a whole,” said Julie Kashen, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation. “When more than 3 million children lose care, that means all of those parents are going to have to figure out something else or reduce their work hours or leave their jobs altogether.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/05/child-care-cliff-day-care/

#labor #daycare #childcare #families

Last day of the #EASR2023
So many impressions I could not share. Time is so intense this year especially because I spent so much time also in the #childcare room. I knew it will be an experience to attend with a LO, and I'm so thankful to the organizers who made it possible by engaging such a nice nanny and to my sister who accompanied me as babysitter backup. I'm also proud of myself to have managed it - sometimes exhausted, maybe absent, or vanishing quickly after the panels.
#Momademia

🚨🎢 ALL HANDS ON DECK! The #childcare cliff is looming: hear what these advocates and experts say we need to build better, more equitable systems. Register for this webinar we're cosponsoring with CGLR on 9/12 at 3pm ET:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wuqlb1AbR4SJiuxFJjtH8A#/registration

#earlylearning #ECE

https://laist.com/news/healthcare-workers-march-on-kaiser-permanente-to-protest-low-wages-long-hours

#KaiserPermanente #wages leave #nurses #homeless, living in cars

“In a household, you literally have to have like maybe two or three people with the #income to be able to survive, to be able to pay #mortgage, to be able to buy groceries, to be able to pay for gas, #childcare.” “This is not just hotel workers. These are not just city employees. This is everywhere where big companies are making more profits than actually taking care of their people.”

The false dichotomy of free play and direct instruction is exploding at The Center for Playful Inquiry: Mark Swartz unpacks how their professional development work is helping teachers, caregivers and experts open up play--in themselves, and in kids:

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/09/inspiring-educators-with-no-borders-between-play-and-learning-at-the-center-for-playful-inquiry/

#childcare #ECE #earlylearning #earlychildhood

“The United States is barreling headlong toward a #childcare disaster as House Republicans threaten to #shutdown the federal government, casting doubt on the prospects of a last-minute agreement to approve additional childcare funding before emergency allotments expire at the end of September.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-shutdown-childcare

An estimated 70,000 child-care programs could close as a result of lost funding, causing 3.2 million children to lose care, according to a study by the Century Foundation, a liberal think tank. That translates to $10.6 billion in lost U.S. economic activity, researchers found, adding new strain to a nation already struggling with a profound lack of child care. #childcare https://wapo.st/3sIIWpl

Concerning, Biden knows: GOP MOC won't fund #childcare, so: The admin declined to seek fresh child care$ as part of a supplemental funding request earlier this month, passing up -seen as the only chance to make the case for fresh aid. Dem lawmakers leading push -little chance now -divided Congress will add child care funding to spending negotiations with a govt shutdown looming. Dem est.: funding expiration could boot as many as 3M children from their programs🚨. #USBudget https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/31/biden-child-care-system-00113613

In addition to the obstruction by the #MAGA Caucus, Republicans may not want to fund childcare: Freedom Caucus mems are threatening to refuse to support the ST funding measure unless McCarthy meets their demands *Dems oppose. Rs have only a 5-seat maj. -little time to pass the ST funding bill & send it to the Sen. Concern: end of childcare funding provided under the US Rescue Plan -advocacy groups warn w/o it, #childcare for millions of children/families would disappear. https://springboardpost.com/2023/09/01/funding-fight-continues-in-congress-amid-government-shutdown/

Analysis of new federal rule says it could help with #childcare costs in #Ohio
https://flip.it/WIjw2Q

Global News BC: B.C. unveils new $145-per-month child-care subsidy for school-aged kids https://globalnews.ca/news/9932514/bc-school-aged-kids-child-care-subsidy/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #beforeandafterschoolcare #b.c.child-carefunding #affordablechildcare #after-schoolcare #childcarefunding #ChildCareOptions #childcarespaces #B.C.childcare #Education #ChildCare #GraceLore #Preschool #DavidEby

“Through the program, income qualified families can receive direct payment or reimbursement for expenditures on educational and enrichment activities. #Homeschool families may also request reimbursement for the purchase of curriculum and study materials.” #education #ChildCare #AfterSchool #Ohio

https://thelandcle.org/stories/as-of-april-7-ace-will-offer-1000-per-child-for-family-fun-child-enrichment/

We are reading The Cat in The Hat and boy is that fish ever a #Karen. #DrSeuss #childcare #grandparents

"This is parenting in 2023. This is #childcare in the age of #climatechange disasters. The tragedy in Maui raises a further question for not only our local, state, and government officials, but for all of us: With parents clearly unable to shield their children from the ever-expanding list of climate threats on their own, how can we rebuild our systems to promote young children’s safety, health and well-being?"
https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/the-lahaina-fires-illuminate-our-immense-unpreparedness-of-weather-related-disasters/

#Lahaina #climatechange #ECE #earlylearning #earlychildhood

Remember the song Broadway Baby? Sondheim would be ecstatic over this new take on the phrase-- #childcare spearheaded by Parent Artist Advocacy League for the Performing Arts, "Here Lies Love," Broadway Babysitters and more:

https://earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/child-care-for-the-broadway-babies/

#GOPDeathCult MOC & state politicians are to blame: Funding: to expire Sept 30. >70K #ChildCare programs are expected to close entirely. In AR/MT/UT/VA/WV/DC, licensed programs could be cut by half or more. State pols are fighting over whether to plug the hole left by the end of fed assistance. Child advocates have urged Congress to simply renew some version of those fed stabilization grants. HSE Rs don't want to renew -even with a potential collapse of the labor market🚨. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/27/child-care-funding-crisis/

Rep. Nancy Mace warns of "staggering" challenges Congress faces as U.S. heads toward "child care cliff"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-mace-ro-khanna-child-care-funding-face-the-nation/

Federal funding that helped child care providers stay open during the pandemic is set to expire next month.

#childcare #crisis #povertywages #unaffordable #3millionChildren #wageslaves #corporategovernment

Ambiguous impulses for your own mental cinema. Handcarved rubber stamps and acrylic colours on DIN-A4 paper, no NFTs:
#kunst #contemporaryArt #makeArtNotWar #mentalCinema #handCarvedStamp #noNFT #saveBiodiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #fckFdp #fckAfd #fckPtn #seahorses #masculinity #childCare #ant #insect #matriarchy #positive #negative #blackAndWhite