[Washington DC]Child Care Is Not Only a ‘women’s But a Family Issue & National Economic Priority: President Obama
Today, after delivering his State of the Union address this week, President Obama stopped by the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS to lay out his plan to help alleviate this burden for every middle-class family who is working and trying to raise young children.President Obama also played with some children at Child Center
While Talking With Akira Cooper at the Community Children’s Center, one of the nation’s oldest Head Start providers, in Lawrence, Kan. President Said
“If we knew how to do this back in 1943 and ’44, and here we are in 2015, what’s the holdup? It is time that we stop treating child care as a side issue or a ‘women’s issue.’ This is a family issue. This is a national economic priority for all of us. We can do better than we’re doing right now.”
Middle-class economics is the key to restoring the link between hard work and being able to get ahead. It’s about giving everyone the same set of rules so everyone has a fair shot of getting ahead. But, right now, one of the greatest obstacles for families with young children is the rising cost of child care. It is to be viewed as a national security.
Source White House