Around the World in Childcare

Checking in with Childcare around the world is interesting to Americans because it seems that across the globe parents are having all the same issues. Here are a few around the world childcare stories from selected sites I hope you will enjoy. As they become available, I will forward them to you on this blog.

Understanding childcare from a world perspective is more and more important in today’s childcare world. We realize first hand at the Garden School, way down here on the muddy banks of the Ohio River, that we are no longer a farm community. We are a community of the world with children coming into our little school speaking many languages who have parents traveling between continents on a daily basis. It's important to understand.

We welcome the exciting international approach to childcare and know the human cry for affordable, quality, available childcare can be heard from every corner of the world.

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Canada: May is Childcare Month. British Columbia Government and Service Union published a message to all BCGEU members about affordable available child care

Canada: According to an article in the Winnipeg Sun, written by Tom Brodbeck, most of the government money going to childcare in Canada is missing eighty percent of children because of political policies.

Australia: According to Melbourne paper, The Age, the face of childcare in Australia. (You will need to register.)

Japan: In the Japan Times, Koji Takenaka writes about a new mother friendly use of childcare that not only revived a shopping mall, it gave a whole new social face to this area of Japan.

Viet Nam: According to the VNA published in Hanoi, Viet Nam is examining their childcare from the ground up.

Tasmania: In Tasmania, Stars and Stripes, European edition, Jessica Ingigo reports Germans reward childare providers with flowers and gifts. European Edition, Jessica Inigo reports Germans reward childcare providers with flowers and gifts.

Judy