Good morning everyone…Slide 2LETS TAKE A LOOK AT IT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICASlide 4This has lead to…In the United States…U.S Census Bureau states that…In the US…Slide 9Whereas in Sri Lanka,Slide 11Slide 12WHY?Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17ReferencesSlide 19I’m Sandali Weerasinghe&Today I’m about to talk aboutGood morning everyone…GENDER AND THE FREQUENCY OF CHILDREN ATTENDING DAY CARELETS TAKE A LOOK AT IT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAEverywhere in the world , the majority of parents now work, regardless of the age of their children. Parents are workers and workers are parents, both out of necessity and preference.This has lead to…Fewer than one-in-three children today have a full-time, stay-at-home parent.However In 1975, only a generation ago, more than half of all children had a stay-at-home parent—usually the mother.In the United States…70.5 percent of mothers are in the labor force, including 64.8 percent of mothers with a child under the age of 6. Almost one-quarter (23.4 percent) of children under the age of five are in some form of organized child care arrangement, which includes day care centers, nurseries, and preschools.0U.S Census Bureau states that…In the US…Therefore, as a result of gender, there is only a slight difference in number of children given foster care…An estimated 340,000 children in Sri Lanka grow up without either one or both of their parents. Whereas in Sri Lanka,•Out of which day care is not available for all parents in Sri Lanka. •Even if it available,as Daycare is not free,not all working parents have the money to afford daycare.•Therefore they rather prefer some kind of family care such as leaving the chiild with the grandparents.•Parents often alternate their work schedules to tag-team responsibilities, a major reason for the high costs of child care.WHY?Very often, poverty is cited as the main reason why children end up without parental care. Infants are often abandonedvulnerable to sexual abuse and exploitationnot able to attend school, because poor mothers are not able to care for their child.Another problem in Sri Lanka is the number of child headed households: many mothers who have to migrate to other areas of the country for work have young children who end up heading the household at an early age.The civil war that affected Sri Lanka for so many years did not spare the youngest segment of population: many young boys were recruited for combat in certain areas of the country.Therefore irrespective of gender, there is not much difference between the number of girls and boys who are given foster care.ReferencesFact Sheet: Child Care. [online] Available at: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/news/2012/08/16/11978/fact-sheet-child-care/ [Accessed 24 Jul. 2014].Statistical report 2010 from the Department of Probation and Child care services Sri Lanka. Department, P. (2014).8Statistics. [online] Probation.gov.lk. Available at: http://www.probation.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=55&lang=en [Accessed 24 Jul. 2014].Nces.ed.gov, (2014).8Fast Facts. [online] Available at: http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=4 [Accessed 24 Jul.