Celeste Carter News Today

The childcare sector has been rocked by the pandemic, first by shutdown orders that closed many providers’ doors, then by lagging enrollment as economies opened…

Same thing, and that is that last week you had senator manchin saying keeping the human infrastructure bill as it is will move us toward, quote, an entitlement society. what does that say to you, celeste? >> let me tell you this. im the last person whos looking to be entitled to anything. in the middle of the pandemic, after the loss of my childrens father, i reskilled and became a software developer. i landed a full-time job. i am making an income that should allow me to live the america dream....

There and go out for employment every day, theyre making the choice of whether theyre going to pay for quality care for their children so that they can afford to go to work. that is the one thing that does not make sense to me. can i afford to go to work? how are we going to rebuild america and get this workplace infrastructure back weve lost with covid without quality care for children? because no parent is going to return to work and not know their children are well cared for. >> celeste carte...

A move that vice president of the national womens law center is calling out saying, quote, women are the caregivers for both ends of the generational divide who often dont have the choice between child care and attending to a sick or aging parent. women keep getting told to wait our turn. weve been holding up this economy with unpaid care giving well before this pandemic. joining me now is celeste carter, single mom, whose children have special needs. also the director of civic engagement for th...

Trying to cover the cost of this and it is extremely costly right now to care for children. >> thank you so much for sharing that with us, celeste. jess, the reason celestes story is so important beyond the fact that it is a lived life experience and we value that in and of itself, is that it articulates what the need is here. were talking about policies and very often its easy to get lost in the policy part of this, but when we talk about the three pieces, when we talk about universal child car...

Domestic workers alliance. great to see you both. celeste, i want to start with you. so often when we have this conversation about parents, about care giving, we talk about it through the lens of numbers, and numbers tell part of the story. but there are a lot of americans out there like you who are living this every day. tell us what it is you are up against. >> thank you so much for having me today. im a mom of twin girls. they were born early. they had to come early in gestational age. they w...

And so you have a family like celeste, i couldnt say it any better than her, who needed care when there was maternity leave and challenges in the family because of folks passing away, when she had to go back to work. all those situations require a different set of solutions to be able to provide, but its for the same person in the same family that needs her government to be with her every step of the away. >> i want you to react to the same thing, and that is that last week you had senator manch...

That implicitly. what did that mean for you? >> there are places where child care just doesnt exist, quality care. there are limited number of spaces and workers that are available to work in the centers. so finding a space available for two babies, finding care that was full time that allowed me to go back to work, those were extreme hurdles. during the pandemic i actually lost my childrens father, so i became a single-income earner trying to cover the cost of this and it is extremely costly ri...

Infrastructure back weve lost with covid without quality care for children? because no parent is going to return to work and not know their children are well cared for. >> celeste carter, thank you so much for your time. jess morales, thank you. coming up, new shocking re-lations out of tennessee. police putting kids behind bars for crimes that they did not exist. its a trend as a reporter who uncovered it will explain next. later, the global phenomenon that came about through word of mouth,...

Moms, which is why so many dropped out of the workforce in the first place. to help, the presidents $3.5 trillion spending plan includes three signature policies designed to help working parents, policies that two democratic senators put at risk of being cut from the bill. west virginias joe manchin and arizonas kyrsten sinema who must support the plan for it to passe their own party needs to eliminate universal child care, paid family leave, or the extended child tax credit. a move that vice pr...