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Abstract: Government expansion of child care services is
based on the assumption that both parents are employed (the adult
worker model)and make cost-benefit calculations in choosing child
care (the rational economic man choice model). This paper addresses
this assumption, based on research examining mothers' assessments
of appropriate child care. These assessments involve complex moral
and emotional decisions around their own and their children's needs,
and differ between social groups. On this basis, we conclude that
the assumptions underlying current child care policy are inadequate,
and that the mere expansion of services is not enough.
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