By Kenya Franklin, Rise Magazine, February 15, 2022
Q. Why is the campaign for child care important to you as a parent?
A. Universal child care is important to me as a parent because I have children that need child care after school, sometimes before school, and during the days when school is not in session. Not only do families need child care, but childcare providers need to be paid a living wage so that they can live and eat and provide quality services to our children.
Q. How is this movement for universal child care connected to family policing? How does child care contribute to safety and well-being for children and parents?
A. It’s connected to the family policing system because when parents don’t have adequate child care, it can lead to involvement with the family policing system. If a parent has an older child in the home, for example, they may ask the older child to take care of younger children for them. Parents have gotten in trouble for that. Parents have had an investigation launched, even had their children taken away, for that reason.
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