Standards for day care of children of working mothers [electronic resource]: report of the Subcommittee on Standards and Services for Day Care authorized by the Children's Bureau Conference on Day Care of Children of Working Mothers / Children's Bureau, United States Department of Labor.

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Title	Standards for day care of children of working mothers [electronic resource]: report of the Subcommittee on Standards and Services for Day Care authorized by the Children's Bureau Conference on Day Care of Children of Working Mothers / Children's Bureau, United States Department of Labor.
Item Number	l0008
Creator (Corporate)	United States. Children's Bureau.
Government Publisher	U.S. Government Printing Office
Original Date	1942
Physical Description	ix, 20 p. ; 24 cm.
Series	Bureau Publication ; 284
Notes	United States Department of Labor, France Perkins, Secretary; Children's Bureau, Katherin F. Lenroot, Chief--title page.; February 1942--title page.; The Children's Bureau, recognizing the urgent need for protecting children whose mothers are being drawn into employment as a result of the defense program, called a conference in Washington, July 31 and August 1, 1942, to discuss immediate steps to be taken to assure adequate day care for children of working mothers... the following report, submitted to the Children's Bureau in February 1942, comprises the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Standards and Services for Day Care of the Children's Bureau Advisory Committee on Children in Wartime.--preface.; Subcommittee on Standards and Services for Day Care. Abigail A. Eliot, Chairman: Director, Nursery Training School of Boston, Boston, Mass.; C. A. Aldritch, M. D., Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Winnetka, Ill.; Katherine Bain, M. D., Director, Division of Research in Child Development, Children's Bureau, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D. C.; Mary L. Bogue, Madison, Conn.; Alice T. Dashiell; Executive Secretary, Franklin Day Nursery, Philadelphia, Pa.; Bess Goodykoontz, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, Washington, D. C.; Howard Hopkirk, Executive Director, Child Welfare League of America, New York, N. Y.; Grace Langdon, Specialist, Family Life Education, Work Projects Administration, Federal Works Agency, Washington, D. C.; Maud Morlock, Consultant in Social Services, Social Service Division, Children's Bureau, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D. C.; Frances Preston, Home Economist, Institute of Family Service, The Associated Charities, Cleveland, Ohio; Grace A. Reeder, Director, Bureau of Child Welfare, State Department of Social Welfare, Albany, N. Y.; Helen Rowe, Consultant in Group Work, Child Guidance Division, Children's Bureau, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D. C.; Louise Stanley, Chief, Bureau of Home Economics, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.--v.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographic references.
Summary	The following standards apply to day care of children of various ages for whatever reason it is provided, but for the immediate purpose of the committee they are designed specifically for the care of children whose mothers are employed in occupations related to national defense. The committee is unanimous in its belief that mothers of preschool children and especially of those under 2 years of age should not be encouraged to seek employment; children of these ages should in general be cared for by their mothers in their homes. It believes also that when mothers go to work there is an obligation on the part of the community to help parents plan for the care of their children in such a way that the children shall gain and not lose by the experience. For this reason the standards given in this report are not just for custodial care, but include suggestions for acceptable standards of health supervision, educational opportunity, and social service. The committee believes that the standards here set forth are not only desirable standards for day care of children, whether public or private, free or pay, all-day or part-day, under home, school, public-health, or social-service auspices, but are also possible standards for the services that should be set up in defense areas. They are not intended to be 'minimum' in the sense that every item must be accepted in order to guard the children from harm; they are meant to be standards of 'good' care that the committee believes can and should be approximated in nearly all situations where day care is needed.--vii-viii.
Meeting Names	Conference on Day Care of Children of Working Mothers (1941: Washington, D.C.)
Topical Terms	World War, 1939-1945--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Children--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States. Women employees--United States. War and family--United States. Children of working parents--United States. Child care--Government policy--United States. Child welfare--Government policy--United States. Day care centers--Government policy--United States. Family day care--Government policy--United States. Visiting housekeepers--United States.
Gov Doc Classification	L 5.20:284
Type	Text
Digital Format	.pdf
Digital Publication Date	Available in digital format: 2001-2002
Digitization Process	Scanned as 300 dpi .jpg; converted to Adobe .pdf
SMU File Name	l0008.pdf
Digital Collection	Historic Government Publications from World War II
Library	Government Information Resources
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	These files may be freely used. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting ncds@smu.edu.

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