Dr. Brad Wilcox argues that while a massive expansion of center-based childcare sounds like a win for social justice, in fact, it would negatively impact many American children and prioritizes elite work-family preferences over those of ordinary Americans. While this plan isn't the answer, American families do need help. What public policy solutions will work?
W. Bradford Wilcox is Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies.
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