Chadchart promotes the key policy 'Child-Friendly City' aiming to ease the burden on parents throughout the capital, planning to expand childcare centers for young children from three months old upwards.
On 15 June 2026, Chadchart Sittipunt, independent candidate number 9 for Governor of Bangkok, along with his team visited the Slum Infant Foundation under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana at Ratchadaphisek Soi 36, Chatuchak district, to hear proposals and discuss ways to expand infant and young child care systems in the capital.
Chadchart revealed that Bangkok currently has about 250,000 young children aged 0-6 years. Government agencies alone cannot provide comprehensive care. The shortage of quality, affordable childcare facilities makes urban residents hesitant to have children, affecting the population structure long-term. Therefore, Bangkok must support the private sector and communities with budgets, food costs, and personnel—especially to expand care for infants from three months old, requiring strict care standards with one caregiver per 3-5 children.
"If we can establish a quality childcare system, parents will be able to work and earn income without worry, while children receive appropriate development. This is the city’s most important investment," Chadchart said.
Policy team member Sanan Wangsangboon, former Deputy Governor of Bangkok, detailed the '3 Categories, 9 Measures' plan to implement the policy. Category 1 focuses on expanding service access, targeting an increase in children receiving care from 60,000 to 80,000, involving 'Grandparents’ Homes' to engage elderly community members, increasing infant centers in hospitals and public health centers from 3 to 13, and expanding classes in Bangkok schools to accommodate children under three years old.
Category 2 aims to enhance care quality by adjusting teacher-to-child ratios appropriate to age (1:3 for infants from 3 months), upgrading salaries and benefits for caregivers based on qualifications, increasing food budgets, piloting quality kindergarten programs in all 50 districts, and partnering with universities to establish 'Early Childhood Demonstration Schools' to train specialized teachers.
Category 3 supports parental roles by organizing free play days in 53 public parks, launching the idea of 'toy libraries' that allow borrowing toys to reduce expenses, and opening 'Parenting Classes' that provide knowledge from pregnancy through digital-age child-rearing.
In closing, Chadchart cited the old proverb, 'It takes a whole village to raise a child,' emphasizing that ages 0-6 are the most valuable window for human potential development, and that a modern Bangkok must truly be a city that embraces and supports every family.