Web Resources

Just a reminder the website I am learning more about and exploring is "Center for the Study of Child Care Employment" (https://cscce.berkeley.edu/)

The specific section that really relates to my current professional development is that "Babies Don't Do Social Distancing." I remember when I went back to work after being furloughed day 1 a child sneezed in my face. This article is spot on about how young children cannot do social distancing, my child can't even walk yet. He is 10 months old and still needs to be carried everywhere, meaning there is not social distancing when he is around. The article talked about a double standard for schools/head start programs and childcare facilities. Schools/head start programs were closed to help protect more people, but many childcare facilities remained open without extra funding causing them to lose a lot of money. I think that the comparison is a big controversial issue, I think that many people still view early childcare education as a daycare program until children go to a real school. People are still unaware and uneducated about how important early childhood education is, and the amount that a child's brain grows in the first 5 years of life. This same article talked about congress coming up with proposals to help bail companies out during the virus; however, many childcare facilities were not included in that. Politicians claim that early childhood is important, but we are not receiving the help we need to continue to teach and care for these young children.