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What l hear loud and clear is that these parents object to the high cost of child care. Good quality child care is costly, because, just as with most services in a capitalistic economic system, the purchaser (parent) must pay for what he or she gets.
A recent article in a parenting magazine analogized that for many parents (especially those with two children under five years of age), child care payments exceed their monthly mortgage. Because our society does not provide a system for child care support, the mother who supports her baby and herself on <8,000 must pay the same for child care as the couple who make a combined wage of <50,000. For the single working mother making <8,000 per yea? and paying <3,700 for infant care, there’s very little left for other living expenses. The “system” certainly leaves two options for the financially oppressed: Quit working and live off of welfare or opt for cheap (usually inadequate) child care.
Ms. Delevitt, the author of last week's letter, failed to mention that, thanks to the support of the Rappahannock community, Sursum Corda offers a wonderful solution to those not able to pay full tuition rates — scholarship funds. Neither did she mention that the Center’s brochure states boldly that “It is the Center’s policy to accept all children in need, regardless of ability to pay.” Nor was it mentioned that, when our Infant-Toddler program sate change was announced earlier this month, we met with each and every parent in the program and explained the availability of scholarship funds to any child in need.
Let’s set the record straight about our financial contract with parents.
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