Ivanka Trump discusses childcare at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center

Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to President Donald Trump, made an appearance today at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport as her last stop on a nationwide listening session tour.

This listening session focused on childcare affordability and a tax reform that Trump has worked closely on that is focused on supporting the American worker and the American family. She met with state officials and those associated with child care in our state, like representatives from head start and the Delta Health Alliance.

Trump made it clear she believes in the importance of onsite childcare which is already in place at all community colleges in Mississippi as well as other businesses, but she wants to work to extend this to small businesses across the country.

Trump mentioned she has noticed the substantial growth within childcare in Mississippi and state officials were thankful for the recognition.“This notion that learning starts at the age of five is completely flawed and really, early childhood education is childcare and childcare is early childhood education. So, it is critically important to think about it in that context.”

Lt. Governor Tate Reeves said, “We are focused on early childhood learning. We are focused on workforce development. We know if we want to grow our economy. We have to grow the education obtainment level of our citizens.”

Overall, she believes it is not just about making childcare affordable to all American families, but also that this childcare is an environment with experienced staff and that is educational for the child.

Before starting the round table discussion, she took time to greet families and children at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center.