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The Day Care Decision
What's Best for You and Your Child
by William & Wendy Dreskin,
© 1983, p 43 |
In the midst of the ongoing day care controversy, parents faced with the day
care decision and those who have already placed their children in day care
need to beware of self-serving research, premature conclusions, and a heavy
bias in the media.
Category =
Caregiver, Politics |
The Day Care Decision
What's Best for You and Your Child
by William & Wendy Dreskin,
© 1983, p
43 |
The day
care experiment is also beginning to be questioned. Parents are beginning to
question a system in which their young children spend most of their waking
hours away from the family and to question the assumption that day care is
the Way of the Future.
Category =
Caregiver, Quality |
The Day Care Decision
What's Best for You and Your Child
by William & Wendy Dreskin,
© 1983,
p
49-50 |
Child care workers are usually more concerned with appearances than with
the children's underlying feelings. When administrators see children
crying, they usually blame the child care worker in charge. If tears and
complaints continue, the day care worker may even risk being fired. This
provides a very strong motivation for child care workers to discourage the
expression of any negative feelings children may have about the day care
center. Besides, from a practical standpoint, child care workers find it
easier to care for children who are not always in tears. These pressures
lead child care workers to use whatever strategies and manipulations are
necessary to keep children from crying and complaining.
Category =
Behavior, Caregiver, Politics |
The Day Care Decision
What's Best for You and Your Child
by William & Wendy Dreskin,
© 1983, p
50 |
Almost all books and articles on choosing day care say that if a child cries
after the first few days there is either something wrong with the day care
situation or, if it is a good one, it is not the appropriate one for that
particular child. Nowhere is it hinted that
day care itself may be the problem...
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Behavior, Caregiver, Politics |
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