The Human Rights of Infants and Toddlers: A Comparison of Child-Care Philosophies in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States

Autor/in	Lally, J. Ronald
Titel	The Human Rights of Infants and Toddlers: A Comparison of Child-Care Philosophies in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States
Quelle	In: Zero to Three (J), 25 (2005) 3, S.43-46 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0736-8038
Schlagwörter	Toddlers; Infants; Foreign Countries; Child Care; Civil Rights; Cross Cultural Studies; Comparative Analysis; Educational Policy; Economic Factors; Social Influences; Developed Nations; Australia; New Zealand; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Toddlers; Ausland; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ökonomischer Faktor; Sozialer Einfluss; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Australien; Neuseeland; USA
Abstract	This essay describes and analyzes economic rationalism, instrumental, and enrichment approaches to early care and education policy in the United States and abroad. The author proposes that differences in infant-toddler care and other services among nations can stem from differences in the way that societies define the basic rights of their youngest citizens. The author argues that the more a society leans toward social and educational enrichment as its conceptual base, the better it serves its children. The author argues that the U.S. embrace of economic rationalism as a justification for policy decisions regarding the care of infants and toddlers is a key reason it now lags far behind other industrialized nations in services to infants, toddlers, and their families. He recommends that the U.S. study the models of care that exist in other countries to avoid practices that put infants and toddlers at developmental risk. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10