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Who Will Rock the Cradle? ,
Edited by Phyllis Schlafly, ©1989, Page 206-207 |
It is clear that traditional parental care is
overwhelmingly regarded by American families as the most preferred mode of
child care. More than 80 percent of mothers state that they would prefer to
remain at home with their children if they could afford to do so. Young
mothers overwhelmingly feel that the increase in the number of children in
daycare centers in recent years has not been a good thing.
“Myths and Facts About Families and Daycare" by Robert Rector
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Who Will Rock the Cradle? ,
Edited by Phyllis Schlafly, ©1989, Page 206-207 |
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control
have determined that “large, licensed daycare centers…are major transmission
centers for hepatitis, severe diarrhea and other diseases. Daycare centers
cause over 3,000 cases of meningitis among children each year. One study
found that nearly one percent of children under age one in daycare centers
contracted meningitis over the course of a year, more than 12 times the rate
for children who were not in daycare centers. Ten percent of children
with meningitis will die and a third will suffer long-term neurological
damage.
Diseases picked up in large daycare centers are also passed on to parents
and siblings. Dr. Stephen Hadler of the Centers
for Disease Control has estimated that 14 percent of all infectious
hepatitis cases in the U.S. are acquired through daycare facilities.
Other daycare diseases include cytomegalovirus infection, which does
not harm the daycare infants but can be transmitted to a pregnant mother,
resulting in birth defects to the unborn fetus.
“Myths and Facts About Families and Daycare" by Robert
Rector
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