Federally Funded Daycares
Breanna Young
Virginia College Online

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Federally Funded Daycares
Would it not be nice to not have to worry about making enough money to cover daycare costs? There would be a huge impact on both parents and children. For the parents, there would be less stress and more income, and for the children there are educational, social, and physical benefits. There would also be a need for more daycare facilities that have quality employees and that offer a federal curriculum. It will affect the economy as well, by offering more jobs and there is more money in the parent’s wallet to spend. Federally funded daycares should be authorized because they can have a huge impact on low income parents.
One reason federally funded daycares should be authorized is the impact it would have on parents. One example is less stress on the parents. Stress can cause a lot of problems like irritability, insomnia, headaches, and weight gain. With federally funded daycares initiated, it would lower the stress levels and therefore help with health issues. Another example is more available money in each parent’s income. There would be more available money in the parents pockets each month to pay other bills or get groceries so that families will not have to depend on food stamps and WIC. With federally funded daycares authorized it could significantly improve the overall health of many individual. People would no longer have to stress about finances every day and could live a much happier and healthier life.
Another reason federally funded daycares should be authorized is the impact it would have on children. For the young children, federally funded daycares would help get children ready for elementary school. While at daycare, they are learning new skills like how to write their names and their ABC’s. Federally funded daycares would provide social and physical benefits. When a child stays at home with a relative, they are not getting the social interaction that they need. Generally in a daycare there are around twenty children per room depending on their age, this gives each child a chance to be social with other children. Children learn through playing and being social, so while they are running around they are being physically active. As long as the weather permits, most daycares have scheduled times to take the children outside to run and play. Employees help make sure that the children are getting the exercise they need to maintain a healthy weight which reduces future health issues.
Another reason federally funded daycares should be authorizes the quality of the employees that the government will provide. Each employee has to go through a background check and drug screening. This ensures that there are quality employees at each daycare facility. Another great thing is that each daycare facility will have federal curriculum guidelines that they have to follow. The curriculum includes reading and writing, math, problem solving, and activities. This ensures that each child gets the same knowledge to prepare them for grade school. Federally funded daycares would have a huge effect on the economy because there will be more job openings and more money for the parents to spend. Having federally funded daycares means that there would be a need for more daycare facilities, which means more job openings. With more people being hired, it would help the economy by getting parents off welfare. It also means that the parents have more money to spend each month. This helps the economy because parents that could not take their children out to the Zoo or to an amusement park will be able to do that with the extra money they have because they do not have to worry about daycare costs.
In conclusion, federally funded daycares should be mandated for low income families because of the huge impact it would have. Advantages of federally funded daycares are less stress on the parents and educational, social, and physical benefits for the children. As well as offering quality employees and a federal curriculum. Then boosting the economy by having more jobs available and more money for families to spend would really help. Just think about how much better everything would be if federally funded daycares were mandated!

Student’s Name: _______Breanna Young__________________________________
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