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 Begin in jeopardy, Trump administration threatens little one take care of 800,000 youngsters,” April 23).
As a involved member of our group, 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, financial 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 applications. Our youngsters’s future and our financial system rely upon it.
Christina Hoffman, Santa Monica
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To the editor: If President Trump thinks removing Head Begin will make him look good, he has one other factor coming.
In about 66% of American married-couple households, each dad and mom 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 instructor and former single mother in want of kid care, I understand how essential the Head Begin program is to households throughout our nation. Head Begin ought 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 occupation. We all know that youngsters who’ve constructive and fascinating interactions of their earliest years, comparable to these supplied by Head Begin, usually tend to get pleasure from good bodily and psychological well being over their lifetimes. They’re additionally higher capable of expertise, regulate and handle their feelings — key expertise for later college 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 % of ladies with youngsters beneath 18 are within the waged workforce, and plenty of others are volunteering for no pay in group organizations and school rooms. The U.S. wants to take a position extra in little one care and Head Begin and fewer within the army and struggle industries.
Head Begin and Early Head Begin are significantly essential to our nation’s welfare. They assist youngsters thrive, give child-care employees the prospect to remain and develop of their occupation and allow dad and mom to work or go to highschool. Head Begin isn’t solely essential for youths — it uplifts the monetary sustainability of households and our financial system.
As an elementary college instructor for 20 years, I noticed firsthand the worth of high quality little one care and preschool. High quality little one care experiences for younger youngsters pave the way in which to success in elementary college and past.
Sylvia Gentile, Santa Monica
