"We know that teachers are the key to good child care - and as long as teachers are undervalued, American children, too, will keep getting less than they deserve"
“These truths about the early care and education workforce are not breaking news. We have known for two decades, since the release of the National Child Care Staffing Study in 1989, that limited education, lack of specialized early childhood training and poor compensation are inextricably linked to the poor to mediocre quality common to the majority of early care and education services across the nation. We have known, almost for that long, that the education level and pay of the workforce play a critical role in whether services can improve.”
And now quotes from T. Berry Brazelton:
"A family's responses to crisis or to a new situation mirror those of a child. That is to say, the way a small child deals with a n ew challenge (for instance, learning to walk) has certain predictable stages: regression, anxiety, mastery, new energy, growth, and feedback for future achievement. These stages can also be seen in adults coping with new life events, whether positive or negative."
"Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply."
From Renatta Cooper:
"It's not all about you, you have to take your ego out of it and think about what's best for this child."
