“All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more
than we have been giving them.” –Hillary Clinton
“Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate
about what I think is right.” –Hillary Clinton
“To me it's a failure every time we keep a child in foster
care for that child's entire life. You know, there should be a decision made to
either re-unite a child by helping a family get back on its feet and take care
of its children or we should remove the child and try to find a good loving
home with the foster care system but much more importantly, trying to find a
permanent home, ” –Hillary Clinton
"We know that teachers are the key to good child care -
and as long as teachers are undervalued, American children, too, will keep
getting less than they deserve" –Marcy Whitebook
The high turnover
rate among poorly paid child-care workers...creates an unstable environment
precisely when stability is most needed in a child's life. "Turnover among childcare workers is second only to
parking-lot and gas-station attendants," –Marcy Whitebook
"There is more to life than just what is in your neighborhood" -Raymond Hernandez
"I'm not here to save the world, I'm here to just make a difference in the community that I am working" -Raymond Hernandez
"It's not all about you. You got to take your ego out of it and think about whats best for the child" -Renatta M. Cooper
"Parents need support and with resources and access with resources" -Leticia Lara
Loved your quote about the turnover rate! It is so true. childcare workers are grossly underpaid, and it is next to impossible to live on the wages. This stability that children need goes hand in hand with the number of ECE teachers a child has from 0-5. In some centers in CT, a child may have as many as 30 teachers from the time they enter the center at 6 weeks, until they age out and go to Kindergrten. And that is when there is NO TURNOVER. That is only the number of teachers, among 10 rooms, from 0-5.
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