Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-216) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Who cares? -- Whose rights? -- Young, vulnerable, and poor : confronting the child care maze -- Struggling and juggling : school, work, and child care -- On the edges : when two parents can't make it -- "Difficult" children : disrupted placements and expulsions -- Immigrant mothers : child care in the shadows -- "It was a wonderful and different change" : when child care works -- The right to child care.