Saturday, April 4, 2015
Child Care in other countries
While
looking through the international websites I noticed one thing, and that is
that all other nations are dealing with similar issues as we are in the United
States. We sometimes think that other people’s problems are not our own but the
truth is that we all suffer the same problems regardless of location or
culture. In Zambia they are dealing with Quality Assessment programs, in
Eritrea it’s the improvement if quality of care an in Nigeria it’s the inclusion
of fathers in Early Childhood Care. I think that sometimes as Americans we tend
to view our country and our problems as one of a kind but the truth is that
these other countries have the same problems that we do and we are all
struggling for answers to the same questions. We are all trying to improve the quality
of care for our children. I think that if we all came together to recognize each
other’s similarities and differences we might have a better chance of
accomplishing our goal.
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I noticed the same things across the board. The way the problems present themselves and perhaps the degree to which the problem has shown itself is different but early childhood and the rights of children have long been ignored. Without sounding too political, whichever party is in charge at a given period of time, different focus and finances are given to topics of concern and media attention is heightened. The problems are always here but we can push them to the back burner or make it the most important plight of our times. Other countries face harsher climates with war, wide-spread famine and poverty so it is easy to see how early childhood causes are ignored especially by the government. On the site I researched, I found graduate programs implementing studies in hopes of promoting and encouraging change in other nations. I wish sometimes we would find it as appealing and as accessible for making changes for our own children next door. Thanks for your post.
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