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• Learning About Inclusive Child Care
  In a growing number of early childhood programs around the country, teachers, children, and parents are discovering the benefits of educating young children with special needs together with their same-age peers. Since learning is so important in the early years, this is the best time for children to begin to respect all people's differences and the contributions each person makes...
  
  
• Study Links Preemies With Autism Signs
  A small study of toddlers finds that about one-quarter of babies born very prematurely had signs of autism on an early screening test…
  

• California bill would toughen penalties on child abuse
  People who abuse children to the point of brain injury or paralysis would draw more prison time under legislation moving through the Capitol...

• Governor vetoes collective bargaining for child-care workers
  Legislation to grant collective bargaining rights to grandmas, aunts and other subsidized child-care providers was vetoed Thursday, March 20, by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...

• Is There a Crisis with Child Care?
  It's not long after the miracle of birth and joy of having a family (or adding a new member) that the financial reality sets in of another mouth to feed and care for. For families with more than one child, child care can eat up one salary, leaving parents wondering both working is worth it. Families are feeling the pinch, and traditional "middle class families" seem to be hit especially hard. And that's where the "crisis" comes in...
  
  
• The child-care crisis
  When both parents work, families need someone to mind the kids. But with costs as high as $14,650 a year, day care can swallow most of one parent's wages...