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THE star panelist at Hillary Clinton’s October White House Conference on Child Care actually wore two on each shoulder. Maj. Gen. John G. Meyer Jr., until recently commander of the U.S. Army’s Community and Family Support Center, captivated an audience of enthusiasts for institutional child care with tales of military success in the nursery. Under his leadership, 85 per cent of the child-care centers run under the Army’s Child Development Program had received accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, compared to the national average of only 5 per cent.

“Commitment, standards, and funding,” the general declared, were the lessons offered by the military experience. Basking in the glow of the First Lady’s personal praise, he expanded on the new military gospel of social parenting. “Child care is critical to the Department of Defense’s bottom line,” Gen. Meyer said. He added: “Supporting the care and development of children is a responsibility the military readily assumes in exchange for the loyalty of their parents in uniform.”

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Allan C. Carlson

Allan C. Carlson is the John A. Howard Distinguished Fellow for Family and Religious Studies International Organization for the Family.

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THE star panelist at Hillary Clinton’s October White House Conference on Child Care actually wore two on each shoulder. Maj. Gen. John G. Meyer Jr., until recently commander of the U.S. Army’s Community and Family Support Center, captivated an audience of enthusiasts for institutional child care with tales of military success in the nursery. Under his leadership, 85 per cent of the child-care centers run under the Army’s Child Development Program had received accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, compared to the national average of only 5 per cent.

“Commitment, standards, and funding,” the general declared, were the lessons offered by the military experience. Basking in the glow of the First Lady’s personal praise, he expanded on the new military gospel of social parenting. “Child care is critical to the Department of Defense’s bottom line,” Gen. Meyer said. He added: “Supporting the care and development of children is a responsibility the military readily assumes in exchange for the loyalty of their parents in uniform.”