Proposal: Day Care at 6months

OK. Mandatory (opt-out with testing for "stubborn moms" is ok) paid child care starting at six months old (federally paid)

Will allow middle class to work and not have to worry about child care.
will allow previously unemployable class to start to have a valid career.
Will allow the "head-start" concepts that DO work to work its magic with our next generation.

Goals:
No TV's in child-care centers, (no babysitting!)
Kids and PARENTS will learn (parent training=mandatory!)
Kids will be ready for pre-school, knowing how to read...
community support necessary for later schooling to be built
Job training opportunities for many of the mandatory service folks.


Additional:
six months maternal/paternal day care (combined however) paid by government...
allow parents to bond.

Reasoning:

We've lost a whole group of our youth. The educational system has failed them.
We need to value this upcoming generation, and it is ESSENTIAL.

Since we've discovered that the Head-Start program really works, we can now start implementing the concepts at an early age.

Associated with this federally funded day-care program is another main part of the program...
Job training. (and "hand-out" reductions).
As well as the living wage.
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By re-training the people who may currently be unemployed or on welfare, we will be teaching them a valuable skill, that will allow them to become proud members of society.

Some important considerations are:
*low child-caregiver ration (4 infants for one caregiver, X for toddlers, etc.)
* limited (if any TV)
* NO "baby-TV" or toddler TV.
* The ability to work with the parents in teaching THEM modern, appropriate parenting skills.
* early reading/math training, getting the kids ready to read/be read to...
* Early intervention, working with experts to help solve any early learning disabilities.
* How to successfully socialize, and make sure the kids understand good/bad.


Now not ALL of these things will (obviously) start at 6 months.
of course reading books to them WILL start early...
but the family education WILL become a part of the routine for parents.

* It would be a good goal for new parents to have 15 minute sessions with the care givers to go over new concepts too..

Essentially we need to retrain the parents, as well as train the kids...
It can be done...

Initially, training for the caregivers will come from the alternative service sector, from people qualified to train the caregivers.