High Risk: children without a
conscience
by Dr. Ken Magid & Carole A. McKelvey
©1987, P123
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The child-care industry in this
country is not healthy. It's rare to find an excellent day-care center. Most
fall into the inadequate range...
The child-care industry has argued that if standards for caregivers are
raised, or the ratio of caregivers to children is required to be higher,
they couldn't afford to operate...
Therefore, the frequently quoted "excellent day care" is largely a myth.
Category = Quality |
High Risk: children without a
conscience
by Dr. Ken Magid & Carole A. McKelvey
©1987, P125
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...children, who received
(extremely high-quality) center-based care in the first year of life, were
compared to those receiving care any time thereafter.
They were found:
"...as more likely to use the aggressive acts of hitting, kicking, and
pushing than children in the control group. Second, they were more likely to
threaten, swear, and argue. Third, they demonstrated these propensities in
several school settings--the playground, the hallway, the lunchroom, and the
classroom. Fourth, teachers were more likely to rate these children having
aggressiveness as having a serious deficit in social behavior.
Category = Behavior |
High Risk: children without a
conscience
by Dr. Ken Magid & Carole A. McKelvey
©1987, P127 |
(Michael K. Meyerhoff of the Center for
Parent Education in Newton, Massachusetts) states, "I doubt that any
intellectually honest person who has reviewed the research on early
childhood development or who has worked with parents and babies would not be
concerned about the growing trend toward placing infants and toddlers in
substitute care for 8 or 9 hours a day, five days a week".
Category =
Quality |
High Risk: children without a
conscience
by Dr. Ken Magid & Carole A. McKelvey
©1987, P128 |
(Educational psychologist Burton White)
wrote in 1985:
"...I firmly believe that most children will get off to a better start in
life if they spend the majority of their waking hours during the first 3
years being cared for by their parents and other family members rather than
in any form of substitute care".
Category =
Development, Quality |
High Risk: children without a
conscience
by Dr. Ken Magid & Carole A. McKelvey
©1987, P128 |
"What person," (child development
expert) Brazelton asks, "is going to work a 40-hour week with small kids all
day for (minimum wage) if they could do anything else?
Category =
Economics, Quality |
High Risk: children without a
conscience
by Dr. Ken Magid & Carole A. McKelvey
©1987, P130 |
After reviewing all the literature, it
is the authors' opinion that no child should be left for any significant
period of time during the first year of life.
Category =
Behavior, Development
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