A close-to-home solution for accessible childcare | Chris Bennett

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🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Childcare needs a transformation -- but rather than investing billions in new buildings and schools, what if we could unlock the potential of people already nearby? Entrepreneur Chris Bennett offers an innovative way to tackle the shortage of childcare worldwide and connect families to safe, affordable and high-quality options in their own communities.

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0:00.0	It's TED Talk Daily. I'm Elise Hugh.
0:06.8	Choosing between our careers and quality child care is a stressful and weighty choice that today's speaker says we shouldn't have to make.
0:15.6	In his talk from Ted Monterey 2021, entrepreneur and education advocate Chris Bennett offers a way to transform how to
0:22.7	find daycare or school for kids during those crucial years for early learning.
0:29.9	This is Yoli. I went to her child care program that she started out of her home in the community
0:35.2	where I grew up. I was in her program when I was four.
0:38.6	Over the year, she served hundreds of children in our community.
0:42.9	Her program was so fun.
0:44.6	We played outside. We played hide-and-seek.
0:47.3	There was Plato. There were blocks.
0:50.0	Yoli would ask us things like,
0:51.6	how are you feeling today?
0:54.0	Are you feeling happy? Are you feeling today? Are you feeling happy?
0:55.5	Are you feeling sad?
0:57.0	Are you feeling angry?
0:58.8	She really helped us make sense of the world.
1:01.7	She really focused on communication.
1:04.5	It was a mixed-age classroom.
1:06.4	There were children that were infants.
1:08.6	There were toddlers.
1:10.6	The older children learned to lead,
1:13.4	the younger children learned from the older children. As it turns out, we were doing
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