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The New York Times
 @nytimes
2 Jul 2018
Starting at the age of 1, "ghetto children" must be separated from their families for at least 25 hours a week, not including nap time, for mandatory instruction in "Danish values," according to a new set of laws nyti.ms/2MH6u3I
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Alternatively: "Daycare is offered for free for all children in poor areas, and if you do not make use of this free service, you lose your childcare benefits." I know it's a controversial topic, but the NYTimes rhetoric strikes me as unnecessarily polarising. Or is it just me?
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In a country where 84% of all mothers put their children into daycare from the age of one.
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It‘s perfectly fine if the same rule applies to everyone. If it’s based on where you live and how much you earn, that does not seem to be the case, does it?
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Well it depends how you see it I guess. "Free daycare if you earn less than X" I'm kind of dumbfounded at having this presented as a human rights violation
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I thought the point was “mandatory”, not free
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That was their wording, and one of the things that bugged me. The "punishment" for not complying is withdrawal of benefits you wouldn't even receive in the first place in the US.
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In other words: if you're poor/(typically unemployed) the childcare support the government offers is daycare - and nothing else. That's still a lot more than the US has ever offered.
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Replying to @ChristinGorman @robsmallshire
If it’s so that parents can work instead of relying on benefits only, that’d be fine with me (and the same as in Germany)

Jul 2, 2018 · 5:20 PM UTC
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