Work-Place Child Care Act: A Prototypical Portrayal of Potential Public Policies

Abstract

The care of pre-school children of working parents is causing serious concern in many circles and is likely to remain a major issues for the coming decades. It has similarities in other earlier “revolutions” such as civil rights, occupational safety, age discrimination, and the like, all of which have since been legislated into public policies. It is the proposition of the authors here that care of pre-school children of working parents is of such a magnitude that, by the end of the century, the United States will have some form of legislation requiring employers to provide for such care. This article portrays a prototype of such a law.