Caring for Infants and Toddlers
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Can government help mothers and fathers manage their economic and parenting re s p o nsibilities? Should it try? This article examines how federal and state governments curre n t l y act as partners with the parents of four million babies who are born each year in the United States. Viewing public policy as a tool that e x p resses the priorities of society, this art i c l e summarizes the leading ways that policy touches the lives of infants and toddlers— f rom the tax code to mandates for family leave, to cash benefits and subsidies, to funding for direct service programs. Several conclusions emerge from this detailed catalog:
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