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Child Care in Mexico

by Clotilde Juarez Hernandez
March/April 2003
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Within the context of the World Forum on Early Care and Education that will take place May 13-16 in Acapulco, M‚xico, it would be interesting for you to know a little bit about child care in this Latin American country. Economical, social, and cultural factors such as the industrialization and modernization of the country, the NAFTA and globalization of the world market paradoxically have impacted the structure and functioning of the majority of the nuclear and extended Mexican families. These changes have resulted in wide-spread economic needs and societal disadvantages. Even more, the increasing need and motivation of more women to enroll in schools and join the work force means more mothers work full time out of the home.
Ideologically and pragmatically, those factors have also significantly influenced the conceptions of the child as a human being, subject of rights, infant development, early infant stimulation and education, as well as child rearing and child care practices. Therefore, this article will address the following current issues: what about history, how prevalent child care is in M‚xico, to what extent child care is used for working families, why families in M‚xico use child care, what agencies provide child care services, the licensing/accreditation and ...

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