Who Cares for Our Children?: The Child Care Crisis in the Other America

by Valerie Polakow

Book Overview

Lack of access to affordable high-quality child care is frequently the tipping point that catapults a family into poverty, joblessness, and homelessness--a constant threat to the well-being of women and children. Polakow spent a year traveling around the country listening to low-income women from diverse backgrounds tell their stories of struggle, resilience, distress, and occasional success as they encountered ongoing child care crises. The resulting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807747742
• ISBN13: 9780807747742
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"