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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. i'm the last person who's looking to be entitled to anything. in the middle of the pandemic, after the loss of my children's 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. but with the cost of child care, that is just not my reality right now. that is not. and i don't...
There and go out for employment every day, they're making the choice of whether they're 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 we've 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 revelation...
A move that vice president of the national women's law center is calling out saying, quote, women are the caregivers for both ends of the generational divide who often don't have the choice between child care and attending to a sick or aging parent. women keep getting told to wait our turn. we've 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 the national domestic workers alliance. great to see you both. celeste, i want to start with you. s...
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 celeste's 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. we're talking about policies and very often it's easy to get lost in the policy part of this, but when we talk about the three pieces, when we talk about universal child care, when we talk about paid family leave, when we talk about the extended tax credit, all of that ...