Child Care Today: Getting It Right for Everyone

Penelope Leach. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2009
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With a particular emphasis on the United States and United Kingdom, this book offers a wide-ranging overview of the current landscape of child care. The book is organized around four major issues, each represented by its own section: the status of child care today, the types of care that are available, the importance of quality, and how the future of child care might look. Since the sections are reasonably self-contained, readers have the option of focusing on topics that are of greatest interest, although the book as a whole makes for compelling reading. The book is primarily geared toward making parents and the general public more aware of the nuances of child care, and the options that may be possible for today's families.