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By SEN. JOHN WARNER
lUnwhannock New* Contributinc Writer
With an increasing number of families consisting of two parents 'Working outside the home, interest ‘ip child care assistance has grown ’tremendously in recent years.
A few statistics indicate why. In ^Virginia, there are 70,383 licensed Vtey care spaces for approximately i®0,000 children estimated to need &ild care arrangements. Approximately 65 percent of American ipothers with school-age children work outside the home and some 55 percent of mothers with children under age six work outside the Home. By some estimates, some 80 percent of school-age children will have both parents working by 1995. • To many families, providing a decent standard of living requires that both parents must work outside the home and face the tough decision of who will care for the children.
Many businesses and community organizations are responding with child care plans. But the demand is far outstripping satisfactory child care facilities. Calls for federal child care efforts have risen dramatically, as two-earner families find that their work environments have not kept up with these trends.
.Effects of baby boom generation
And as the “baby boom” generation - the largest component of our current U.S. population - has its children, pressure on Congress to provide assistance will increase. As it does, many questions arise. Should the federal government be involved in child care at all? And, if sp, what shape should that involve
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