Why Childcare Workers Are So Poor, Even Though Childcare Costs So Much

Re:Why Childcare Workers Are So Poor, Even Though Childcare ... by Eridrus on Friday November 06, 2015 @09:13PM (#10523335)

It's not readily apparent that increasing the amount of children per staff member will significantly impact a child's ability to "succeed" in life as an adult.

I'm not sure how we expect a 1:6 ratio to be "cheap", even before factoring in costs like real estate.

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Re:Why Childcare Workers Are So Poor, Even Though Childcare ... by protomyth on Friday November 06, 2015 @09:18PM (#10523352)

For Head Start the staffing has a safety component. Think how many staff needed to get various ages out of a burning building.

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Re:Why Childcare Workers Are So Poor, Even Though Childcare ... by Eridrus on Friday November 06, 2015 @09:22PM (#10523368)

Seems like a pretty weak reason to keep permanent staff unless fires are common. It's as if there is absolutely no-one else around who could help in an emergency except people paid to be there full time.

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Re:Why Childcare Workers Are So Poor, Even Though Childcare ... by protomyth on Friday November 06, 2015 @09:26PM (#10523379)

Telling a parent their kid burnt up because you didn't have the staff is not a weak reason. Safety is a component of staffing guidelines and not the only reason.

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