Word: carefulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...throughout society the issue of child carehas been a dominant one in the 1980s. As familylife and professional responsibilities have becomeinextricably linked in recent years, families nolonger have the luxury of having one parent stayhome to care for the children while the other oneworks...
...most experts agree that companies and thegovernment have done too little, too late in thearea of child care. Last year 24 million childrenin the United States under age 13 needed day care,yet there were only 1.5 million licensed spots...
...Presently the United States is the onlyWestern country without subsidized child care,"says Berenice Sandler, director of the Project onthe Status and Education of Women. "We say we careabout children, but we don't put our money whereour mouth...
Experts say employers should have a vestedinterest in child care because it reduces anxietyand absenteeism among workers...
...only 4150 out of 6 million U.S.businesses of all sizes gave support to employeechild care needs--despite the fact that the firstjoint management-government child care center wasnegotiated by a union...