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Early Childhood Education Today
Many young children live in diverse families. Conduct online research about the challenges of providing for different types of families. Think about diverse families, the challenges families face, and what you can do as an early childhood professional to support contemporary families. Reflect upon these ideas and then write your thoughts.
When responding to the question, it is important that you use the textbook and/or online sources to support your ideas.This includes citing as needed throughout your response and including a References page.  Both the in-text citations and the References page should be composed in APA format. Please refer to the “Assignment Submissions” menu item for information about APA format.
This assignment should be 2 full pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman font.  Please name your assignment YourLastNameED103Wk1.  As an example, Jane Smith’s assignment would be saved as SmithED103Wk1.
This assignment links to the following course objectives:

Identify the major historical influences and current issues affecting early childhood education today.
Analyze the influence the classroom environment, daily schedule, and thought teachers have on the healthy growth and development of young children.

All assignments are to be double-spaced, 12 point font (either Times New Roman or Arial).  Margins should not be larger than 1 inch on both the left and the right.
In the upper-left hand corner of your paper, please provide your name, date, and course number single-spaced.
Please use APA format for in-text citations and the References page only.