How Family Policy Debates Sometimes Ignore the Family Itself
Debates about family policy often focus on an array of programs or interventions like licensed childcare, pre-K, or Head Start. But all too often, the family itself as an optimal environment for the healthy development of young children — and a fundamental institution of civil society — gets left out of the discussion.
Dr. Katharine Stevens joins host Nic Dunn of the Sutherland Institute to help recenter true pro-family policy at the core of our public debates and offer policymakers and voters a framework for a better approach. She explains why we need to elevate the family as “essential infrastructure” for children and society. She also argues for better inclusion of the evidence showing which environments are truly optimal for early childhood development.
CHILDCARE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FAMILIES AND PARENTING FEDERAL AND STATE POLICY
See Also
Report ~ April 12, 2016
Op-Ed ~ April 9, 2021