#NewMexico joins countries such as #Norway & #Belgium that offer #free #universal #childcare for #children under 3, & #Bulgaria, where early childhood #education is free for all children until elementary school. New Mexico is going further by offering no-cost child care for children up to age 13.
Critics such as #NewMexico State Rep Rebecca Dow, a #Republican, say it makes no sense to give wealthier families free #childcare when they could receive federal #tax breaks for child care included this year in #Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill [but ask her if she’d support free childcare for the poor…🦗].
Dow, the founder of a daycare center, said research showed the best place for a young child was at home & the state should give families tax credits for "mom to stay home" [ #TradWife].