Federal and state agencies are responsible for the well being of
children. The Food and Drug Administration, the Center for
Disease Control, and individual state departments of daycare
licensing enact legislature, create standards, and form
guidelines to help ensure children are eating nutritiously, have
safe environments, and are protected from diseases. There are
also a variety of departments concerned with helping parents
locate and pay for quality child care . Consumer education on
children's health and safety issues is helping increase
knowledge on the proper care of children. The information
distributed by the government has raised public interest and
standards. However, there are advocates of laisse faire (leh-
say- fare), or less government involvement in business and
personal issues. This group believes consumers will force the
childcare providers to raise standards of care without the
number of regulations currently in effect. For more information
on how the government affects the quality of child ca