“Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges”

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Written By Katharine Stevens

By Katharine B. Stevens

EVENT

NGO Committee on the Family–New York

March 28, 2023


Last month I was honored to speak at a meeting of the NGO Committee on the Family–New York at the United Nations on the growing push for publicly funded childcare, promoted as essential to enable women to pursue their careers, increase family earnings, and boost national economies.  

Women’s careers, family earnings, and GDP are clearly of great importance. But the question of childcare is fundamentally about with whom and in what environments young children spend the critical first years of their lives.  

For many children, the optimal early learning environment is simply their own home. A growing focus on other policy goals is causing us to leave out this essential piece of the family picture. 

 
 

Download a transcript here.

See a video of the entire event here. 


CHILDCARE FAMILIES AND PARENTING

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