Crystal Rogers, owner of Cozy Couch Family Day Care in Martinsburg, W.Va., finally feels appreciated. It took the pandemic to make that happen.
For too long, she says, society has looked down on day care — as somehow less worthy than school. And no wonder. Child care is one of the lowest paid occupations in America.
“We’re not baby sitters … I’ve been wanting to say that,” Rogers says. “We go to trainings. We do all the things that a professional child care provider does.”
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