To the editor: It’s mind-boggling that an administration that claims to be so pro-family, pro-children and pro-fertility would even contemplate making the care of youngsters dearer and burdensome for fogeys (“With Head Start in jeopardy, Trump administration threatens child care for 800,000 kids,” April 23).
As a involved member of our neighborhood, a passionate advocate for kids and households and a brand new mom in shock on the $30,000-plus a yr I’m now paying for baby care, I do know these assaults on baby care and Head Begin could have devastating long-term penalties for our kids, households, economic system and the way forward for our nation. I urge our members of Congress to cease the Trump administration’s devastating assaults on baby care and Head Begin by rejecting any cuts to those very important packages. Our kids’s future and our economic system rely upon it.
Christina Hoffman, Santa Monica
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To the editor: If President Trump thinks getting rid of Head Begin will make him look good, he has one other factor coming.
In about 66% of American married-couple households, both parents are working. This example creates a determined want for baby care. If Trump needs to lift costs with tariffs, how does he suppose these working households can afford the prices that include these thoughtless strikes?
Aleen Moreland, Apple Valley, Calif.
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To the editor: As a retired public faculty instructor and former single mother in want of kid care, I understand how necessary the Head Begin program is to households throughout our nation. Head Begin needs to be expanded, not terminated.
Our nation wants Head Begin so mother and father can work, children can thrive and child-care staff can keep of their occupation. We all know that youngsters who’ve optimistic and interesting interactions of their earliest years, similar to these offered by Head Begin, usually tend to get pleasure from good bodily and psychological well being over their lifetimes. They’re additionally higher in a position to expertise, regulate and handle their feelings — key abilities for later faculty readiness. As a retired instructor, I perceive the worth of that for later success within the classroom.
Anne Zerrien-Lee, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Seventy-one percent of women with youngsters underneath 18 are within the waged workforce, and lots of others are volunteering for no pay in neighborhood organizations and lecture rooms. The U.S. wants to speculate extra in baby care and Head Begin and fewer within the army and battle industries.
Head Begin and Early Head Begin are notably necessary to our nation’s welfare. They assist children thrive, give child-care staff the possibility to remain and develop of their occupation and allow mother and father to work or go to high school. Head Begin will not be solely necessary for teenagers — it uplifts the monetary sustainability of households and our economic system.
As an elementary faculty instructor for 20 years, I noticed firsthand the worth of high quality baby care and preschool. High quality baby care experiences for younger youngsters pave the way in which to success in elementary faculty and past.
Sylvia Gentile, Santa Monica
