The first hint that my 6-month-old may not have been receiving high-quality care came in fall of 2016, when I arrived early to pick him up from his child care program in Manhattan. I saw half-a-dozen infants lounging in bouncers placed around the room, largely ignored while two caregivers sat on the floor cutting out shapes for a bulletin board. It gave me pause, but I told myself that this was probably just a blip.
But day after day, the clues kept coming that maybe he wasn’t as safe and engaged as I‘d hoped.
As a journalist reporting on early childhood, I could practically recite in my sleep the most important aspects of child care quality, like responsive staff-child interactions, as well as adherence to state health and safety regulations.
https://hechingerreport.org/parents-on-the-hunt-for-child-care-say-it-feels-like-the-hunger-games/
