To the editor: It’s mind-boggling that an administration that claims to be so pro-family, pro-children and pro-fertility would even think about making the care of youngsters costlier and burdensome for folks (“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 12 months I’m now paying for little one care, I do know these assaults on little one 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 little one care and Head Begin by rejecting any cuts to those very important packages. Our youngsters’s future and our economic system rely on it.
Christina Hoffman, Santa Monica
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To the editor: If President Trump thinks disposing 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 case creates a determined want for little one care. If Trump needs to lift costs with tariffs, how does he assume 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 college trainer 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 dad and mom can work, youngsters can thrive and child-care employees can keep of their career. We all know that kids who’ve constructive and interesting interactions of their earliest years, akin to these offered by Head Begin, usually tend to take pleasure in good bodily and psychological well being over their lifetimes. They’re additionally higher in a position to expertise, regulate and handle their feelings — key expertise for later college readiness. As a retired trainer, 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 kids 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 take a position extra in little one care and Head Begin and fewer within the navy and battle industries.
Head Begin and Early Head Begin are significantly necessary to our nation’s welfare. They assist youngsters thrive, give child-care employees the possibility to remain and develop of their career and allow dad and mom to work or go to highschool. Head Begin will not be solely necessary for teenagers — it uplifts the monetary sustainability of households and our economic system.
As an elementary college trainer for 20 years, I noticed firsthand the worth of high quality little one care and preschool. High quality little one care experiences for younger kids pave the best way to success in elementary college and past.
Sylvia Gentile, Santa Monica
