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One and Done
March 8, 2013
The first duty of an education is to stir up life, but leave it free to develop.
-Maria Montessori
-Maria Montessori
"'The recession has dramatically reshaped women's childbearing desires,' says Larry Finer, the director of domestic policy at the Guttmacher Institute.... The Institute found that 64% of women polled said that with the economy the way it is, they couldn't afford to have a baby now. Forty-four percent said they plan to reduce or delay childbearing.... This happens during financial meltdowns: the Great Depression saw single-child families spike at 23% of all families.... Since the early '60s, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, single-child families have almost doubled in number, to about 1 in 5 — and that's before the market crashed."
For programs this is good news and bad news: Smaller families means a smaller market size; but with less children, parents are able to invest more per child, making child care more affordable. And, in single-child families, there may be more interest in pursuing the socializing advantages of early childhood programs.
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Displaying All 2 CommentsUnited States
This is unfortunately true for my family. Due to the economy, we were only able to afford quality care for one child. It frustrates me and makes me angry that subsidy supports families who have more than one.
Trinity Early Learning Center
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
In my area of Atlanta the population growth is strong. I have at any given time at least 10 pregnant women in a program with 97 families. My families are having 2 and sometimes 3 children very close together in age. It feels like the 50's and 60's when we barely waited two years between children.
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