Problem
Inadequate child day-care facilities
Other Names:
Minimal preschool facilitiesLack of childcare facilities
Missing child care
Inadequate daycare facilities
Limited child-care structures
Prohibitive daycare requirements
Nature:
Child day-care facilities in most countries are not enough in quantity and many are deficient in the quality of the care given and the facilities which are provided. The lack or unsuitability of such facilities may aggravate the frustrations of a mother who wishes or needs to go out to work, and this may be reflected in her own treatment of the child or the family atmosphere in general. Children from deprived or unhappy homes may be denied the benefits of emotional and physical wellbeing that could be provided by adequate day-care. The inadequacy of day-care facilities aggravates discrimination against women in employment, as most mothers are expected to put their children before their job, and consequently firms will not give equal opportunities or equal pay to women.
Broader Problems:
Inadequate education facilitiesPrejudice against single parentsLack of child welfare institutionsInadequate facilities for children's playFragmented social care at the neighbourhood levelLimited availability of public services in small towns Narrower Problems:
Inaccessible child nurseriesInadequate preschool educationLack of child care for working parents Related Problems:
Tradition-bound childcareInadequate maternal and child health care Aggravates:
Overworked womenWasted woman powerDependency of womenInadequate child welfareAfter-school unsupervised childrenGender discrimination within the familyDiscrimination against women in employmentLimited awareness of child-care opportunitiesInadequate community care for transient urban populations Strategies:
Introducing comprehensive child careReducing daycare requirementsProviding daycare requirementsImproving children's care facilitiesImproving child day-care programmesAbstaining from childcare facilitiesLimiting child-care structuresFreeing up child-care structuresIncreasing preschool facilitiesProviding preschool facilities References:
International Labour Organization: Work and Family: the child care challenge - conditions of work digestMorgan, Patricia: Families in Dreamland Subject(s):
Education → PreschoolingHealth Care → Care
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Society → Disadvantaged
Society → Infants
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST