Once Again, Forgotten Men President Clinton announces a rather large Child Care Plan, and the Republicans counter with their own plan, which includes crediting at-home parents. Once again, parenting is in the public forum and everybody starts talking about moms.
Further data show that while a mother is working, a father is most likely caring for the children.
The numbers range from almost 2 million children being cared for by their fathers to almost 3 million fathers caring for their children. The estimated number of single fathers, for whom child care is a very important issue, is between 1.5 million and 2 million and growing. Just to round things off, a quick peek at the number of divorced,non-custodial dads reveals an estimated 9 million men. Many have the cost of child care affecting their child support payments. And finally, just in case someone has missed the logic on this one, yes, there are working mothers, exclusive of the single working mother.