‘Child care crisis’ holds back children, parents, economy Riverside working mom says daughter is thriving in preschool ... less affordable PHOTOS: See kids learning and playing at local ...

I put her in a preschool that was academic in nature – the focus on pre-reading, writing, and math skills. At home, I bought her special puzzles, set up organized play dates with children her ...

But the play disparity in school begins well before kindergarten. Because we don’t provide high-quality preschool to all children in the nation, parents are on their own to try to find ...