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Biden Plots a Revolution for America's Children [nytimes.com]

 

By Nicholas Kristof, March 24, 2021

The most revolutionary part of President Biden’s agenda so far is his focus on a constituency that doesn’t write whiny op-ed columns, doesn’t vote, doesn’t hire lobbyists and so has been neglected for half a century: children.

Biden’s proposal to establish a national pre-K and child care system would be a huge step forward for children and for working parents alike. It would make it easier for moms and dads to hold jobs, and above all it would be a lifeline for many disadvantaged children.

Imagine: You drop a kid off at a high-quality prekindergarten program in the morning and pick the child up on the way home from work. That’s how it is in many other advanced countries, and in the United States military.

When my wife and I lived in Japan in the late 1990s, we sent our kids to one of these nurseries, and they were a dream.

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This is the year we MUST celebrate CHILDRENS DAY in America. (Google/Children's Day).  In 1954, Children's Day was proclaimed by the United Kingdom to encouraged all countries to institute this day to promote the welfare of children.  Thanks to my mother (a teacher) I have a very special memory of  celebrating Children's Day that year.   We can change, one step at a time.

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