Daycare Financial Aid

Financial aid for new mothers is essential to the early development of children. Daycare is becoming increasing popular, over the past two decades three times more children attend daycare. Many of these children are in daycare because their mothers must go back to work in order to support the child. Theorists have found that the the attachment between the child and their primary caregiver, often the mother, has long term social and emotional effects. Attachment is as important to psychological development as proteins and victims are essential to physical development. Children separated from their parents at a young age often lead more troublesome lives. It is also believed that early attachment and love from parents then teaches a child how to love, having a substantial impact on the rest of their life. …show more content…
Government spending should not be increased, rather redistributed. The financial aid given to new mothers is a preventative measure that would eventually save money from the justice system, so the money could partially be taken from the justice system budget. Employers should also provide financial aid for new mothers allowing them to stay home or work part time hours so they can spend more time with their child in their early years. In most cases the mother is the primary caregiver of the child, but fathers are also more than capable of forming secure and beneficial relationships with their child as the primary caregiver. Government financial aid should be allocated based on the child or family to accommodate for diversities such as same-sex couples and parental roles that differ from societal