Guest guest Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 putting a child in daycare for more than a few hours a week will cause social and educational problems that will continue to haunt the parent for years to come. Avoid daycares at all costs! I speak from vast experience, as a parent and someone involved in the daycare industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 As a researcher, I'd like to see the professional citations on this. What research is there to support your blanket statements? And don't give me stuff from the Heritage Foundation or some other organization with a political agenda. I want research published in Early Childhood Education professional journals by Early Childhood Educators! What is your definition of daycare? Please do not make blanket statements without the research to back it up. Personal experience is important but it may be the exception to the rule. This is why people do research on these sorts of subjects. Research helps us identify social problems and address them. Please specify these supposed social and educational problems. All of the documented research I have seen in professional journals on this subject disagree with what you have said. In addition, as I have stated before, the problem is not daycare, the problem is that most cannot find QUALITY, AFFORDABLE daycare. There are daycares that let kids watch TV all day or kids are not supervised and the place is understaffed. There are in home sitters and/or parents that watch TV all day and do not supervise children. There are also quality daycares that provide appropriate social, educational, and developmental activities that benefit children greatly. Do not use your bad experience, whether with your child's daycare or a previous employer, to make claims that are not supported in the literature on daycare research. Daycares are here to stay and many people will continue to use them. If corporations, universities, and all work environments were family friendly, daycare wouldn't even be an issue. But daycare is an issue and instead of not sending kids too them we should be working on making them better places for our children, if they are truely that bad. I personally have no problem with daycares. The problems I have had with daycare have been because of our vegetarianism not the care that was given to my child. My child is ahead in language and physical development and is not suffering any social or educational problems. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/16/earlyshow/living/parenting/main563639.\ shtml Take a look at this article. The headlines looks like doom and gloom but read the entire article. It is mostly inconclusive because that is the what happens in most research. You can't account for every possible variable out there. So you decided which ones are most important as a researcher. The article really should be titled negative effects of childcare only for few. There are FOUR key points made in the article that I want you to look at: 1. the research found the majority of children in daycare don't experience more stress. He also says the behavioral problems were in NORMAL LIMITS, and NOT noted as real psychological trauma. 2. A child's socioeconomic background and the sensitivity of the mother could offset those negative effects. 3. In that study, Goodman says, kids whose cortisol levels increased were also children that were described by their caregivers and teachers and parents as more SHY. He says that may account for their stress levels being higher. They don't do well in groups or outside of the home. So, he says, shy kids MIGHT struggle in a day care environment. BUT DAYCARE CAN'T BE BLAMED FOR THE STRESS.(!!!MY EMPHASIS) 4. It's a mistake, Goodman says, to look only at the children's behavior. Daycares aren't the only places that influence behavior positively or negatively. There are other factors to that shapes a child's behavior, he explains. --- AtlantaGaia wrote: > putting a child in daycare for more than a few hours > a week will cause social > and educational problems that will continue to haunt > the parent for years to > come. Avoid daycares at all costs! I speak from > vast experience, as a parent > and someone involved in the daycare industry. > > > Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard http://antispam./whatsnewfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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