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SharonAnn

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1. Yes, it was. And I've wondered if we shouldn't create a "Parent Start" like Head Start
Sat Sep 15, 2012, 12:51 PM
Sep 2012

for some of the families who are on Public Assistance.

Even to the point of having the parents and children in "school" for at least half a day, learning parenting and coaching techniques.

Graduates might then be hired as Day Care workers, keeping their children with them if possible, so that other parents could get affordable child care while they have other jobs that take them away from their children. And available and affordable child care, especially during evening and night shifts, is extremely hard to find.

Learning to parent, especially for someone who had a lack of role modeling, would be a tremendous benefit for the children and help their future success in life.

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