But if you want high-quality early childhood, especially in that early birth-to-3, and you want really good daycare, and you want qualified people with those kids, and you want good home visits and parental involvement and making sure kids get their dental work, and their other healthcare is attended to, and nutrition, and sociability, and then making sure they get the right intellectual stimulus between ages 0 and 3, it costs money.
Emphasizing the costs associated with providing high-quality early childhood education.
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