In the United States, child hood care is unregulated. High quality care is not something that is readily avaliable to everyone in a community. These high quality childhood care centers are usually expensive and are not always inspected to see if they are a safe environment for children. This does not always have to be the case.
For example, individuals who serve in the military receive this type of care free. This care that is provided through the government, is one of the best in the country. It is strictly regulated and afforable for the families, though it is not openly avaliable to the public.
Why is this free high standard child care not readily avaliable to all the people of the United States?
After World War II, women started to uptake jobs due to the shortage of labor. This caused them to not be able to be a caretaker to their child as they once were. This then lead to the start of child development plans that allowed for parents to drop their kids off when they are working. In 1941, Congress passed the Lanhams Act which created these facilties that women could leave their kids for the work day.
This act did not last long as the Act was removed as some expert's believed that children would "suffer the effects of “maternal deprivation” and urged them to maintain tranquil home environments to protect their children from the war’s upheaval" (Michel, 2021)