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From the Ted Talk by Chris Bennett: A close-to-home solution for accessible childcare
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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Open Cloze
And what this shortage does is it leaves parents having to choose between their _______ and _________. Even in places where there's free childcare or public pre-K options, there's not enough spots. So parents are forced to drive across town for options that don't meet their needs. They're forced to wait in these really long wait lists and succumb to lotteries to try to get into programs. And this ________ isn't due to us not trying. In the '70s, we pinned our hopes on __________ to solve our problems. _____, the touch-screen generation's learning how to _____, how to read, using apps and games, but apps and games can't care for our children. Apps and games can't ______ diapers, can't ensure our children are getting access to the appropriate socio-emotional growth that they need. And there hasn't been enough money, enough teachers, enough classrooms. We've tried everything, we haven't been able to _____ it.
Solution
- careers
- count
- change
- solve
- television
- shortage
- today
- childcare
Original Text
And what this shortage does is it leaves parents having to choose between their careers and childcare. Even in places where there's free childcare or public pre-K options, there's not enough spots. So parents are forced to drive across town for options that don't meet their needs. They're forced to wait in these really long wait lists and succumb to lotteries to try to get into programs. And this shortage isn't due to us not trying. In the '70s, we pinned our hopes on television to solve our problems. Today, the touch-screen generation's learning how to count, how to read, using apps and games, but apps and games can't care for our children. Apps and games can't change diapers, can't ensure our children are getting access to the appropriate socio-emotional growth that they need. And there hasn't been enough money, enough teachers, enough classrooms. We've tried everything, we haven't been able to solve it.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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Important Words
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- solve
- spots
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- teachers
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