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... This brings the emergence of a new, amorphous, profession called day care, a person or persons whose job it is to provide care for children in a convenient place where the parent can drop their child off early in the morning and receive the child again later in the day when one or both parents are at home. ... Hence it was revolutionary change in the economy, in the life course particularly of husbands and wives, that in turn transformed childhood and experiences that children had available to them. ... In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, the cost of bearing children increased while at the same time reducing the benefits of having children. ... Speaking at the American Economic Conference in New Orleans in 1997, Robin Wils, a female economist at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business gave this advice to women: "Get an education and a career with a promise of advancement and do it early. ... This was coupled with an increase in childhood poverty between 1969 and 1988. ... What transpires in the family appears to be more important in explaining childrens early social emotional development (NICHD 1998). ... As early as 1618, children of English paupers by the hundreds were dispatched to America where workmen were badly needed. ... Many thought it totally in order that they begin work during childhood.
Approximate Word count = 2525
Approximate Pages = 10.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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