Show Davis Child Growing Care Problem At the turn of the century only 18 per cent of the nations nation's labor force were women By 1964 the Department of Labor reports over third one-third of the labor force were women IT HAS liAS BEEN estimated that by 1970 half of all aU the women in the nation between the ages of 35 33 and 55 will be in the labor force In summary the percentage percentage tage of working mothers is on the rise The obvious question that the above statistics bring to mind is who is caring for all of the children while mothers work Another is are the children receiving t e care To the first question we could answer other families baby sitters in the mothers mother's home or day care centers However as to whether or not the care the children receive in lieu of mothers mother's care is adequate ad equate there is room for question question ques ques- tion in some cases some cases I IN ORDER to more fully rully Insure In sure the quality of care that children receive outside of their own home the Utah State Well Welfare are Department has been t 1 given the responsibility of establishing establishing es and enforcing licensIng licensing licensing licens licens- ing standards for all day nurseries nurs nurs- nurseries eries persons n s s. s corporations institutions o 0 r agencies that provide care for more than two children under the age of 14 years for periods of more than four but less than 24 hours in any anyone one day The only exception to these regulations regulations regula regula- are ore when the children are cared for by grandparents brothers sisters aunts uncles or in centers provided by boards of education or parochial ial tat educational institutions Elvin R R. R Tanner TaMer Davis County County Coun Coun- ty Child Welfare Supervisor is currently working with the homes and nurseries that care for children for the purpose of I helping obtain the proper li license license li- li cense tense to operate Any person or persons caring for more than two children whether it be in a home or a day care nursery who has not applied for a license should contact Mr Tanner at ot the welfare office in Farmington for further information I mation There is no charge for forthe forthe forthe the license However it is required required re re- by law |