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Being There: The Benefits of a Stay-at-Home
Parent
by Isabelle Fox with Norman M. Losenz
1996
page 70 |
But perhaps the most convincing evidence of the
link between caregiver roulette and poor school performance comes from a
long-term study conducted...at the University of North Carolina…
The study supplies convincing evidence that early exposure, at age three
months to such “center” based day care (with the inevitable use of multiple
changing caregivers), produces results that are long-term and unfortunate:
the children showed more aggressive behavior. They were more likely to “hit,
kick and push” than other children. They were also more likely to “threaten,
swear and argue.”
Teachers also noted that children in this group were less likely to walk
away to “avoid or extract themselves from situations that could lead to
aggression.” Their teachers were more likely to describe these children as
having “as serious deficit in social behavior.”
Category = Behavior, Quality |
Being There: The Benefits of a Stay-at-Home
Parent
by Isabelle Fox with Norman M. Losenz
1996
page 93 |
On the other hand, the quality of the
relationship between (the child and his caregiver), though positive, is
not as intense. It is more “custodial.” (The daycare worker),
although pleasant and kind, may not have the same motivation required to
expand (the child’s) range of interests, or to stimulate him. (She) feels
her job is done—and done well—if she protects the child from injury,
comforts him when he is unhappy, and cares for his physical needs.
Category = Quality |
Being There: The Benefits of a Stay-at-Home
Parent
by Isabelle Fox with Norman M. Losenz
1996
page 94 |
Clearly, it is neither fair nor logical to
expect even a nurturing (daycare worker) caregiver…to provide the quality of
care comparable to that of a parent…
It is one thing to protect a child from physical harm, and to comfort and
feed him and return him safely to his parents at night. It is quite another
to stimulate him, to teach him about the many things in his world, to foster
his creativity, and to encourage a sense of joie de vivre.
Category = Quality |
Being There: The Benefits of a Stay-at-Home
Parent
by Isabelle Fox with Norman M. Losenz
1996
page
175 |
“There is a large and growing body of evidence
that day care is a breeding ground for infectious diseases. The mere act
of separating an infant from his mother may suppress the immune system and
make the child more vulnerable to disease.”
Category = Disease |
