Category: Administration & Program Development
兒童照護產業——對美國家庭和美國經濟至關重要——正瀕臨崩潰。在COVID-19疫情爆發前，兒童照護產業就已面臨資金問題和人力短缺，而家庭則難以找到或負擔優質的兒童照護服務。事實上，COVID-19只是讓本已脆弱的兒童照護生態系統面臨的挑戰更加嚴峻。
兒童照護是一個至關重要、不容失敗的體系——沒有它，我們無法生存。讓我們攜手，為所有依賴此產業維生的美國人，重新構想兒童照護的未來。
It’s rare to find a book that explains a systemic mess without losing you in jargon, and this one does it brilliantly—the section on staffing shortages alone made me rethink everything I assumed about daycare pricing. I’ve already passed my copy to two other parents.
The way it breaks down the funding and staffing collapse before COVID makes the current crisis finally click for me. It’s sobering but well-structured, and I finished it feeling like I actually understand the root of the problem now.
I've only made it through the first two chapters, but the way it frames child-care as a broken business model rather than just a social problem has completely shifted how I think about the industry. Even the footnotes alone feel worth the price for anyone working in early education.
