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Mother in the Middle
Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars, by Deborah Shaw Lewis
&
Charmaine Crouse Yoest
© 1996, p. 142 |
I have spent more than two decades in
the field of early childhood education since I left that day-care center.
During that time, I have directed, taught in, observed, and evaluated a wide
variety of other day-care programs. None have looked as bad as that first
center where I worked. However, I remind myself, even that day-care looked
good to the people who didn't work there every day.
Category =
Caregiver,
Quality |
Mother in the Middle
Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars, by Deborah Shaw Lewis
&
Charmaine Crouse Yoest
© 1996, p. 142 |
Many day-care centers, like the one I later directed, did everything to meet
the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
standards. But I have rarely seen a day-care center where children get
enough adult attention. Or where children had their needs fully met. Even in
good day care situations, children are often competing for the attention and
affection of the adults there.
Category =
Caregiver,
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Mother in the Middle
Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars, by Deborah Shaw Lewis
&
Charmaine Crouse Yoest
© 1996, p. 147-148 |
We spend more and more money on day
care. The (U.S.) government subsidy of the child care market has
increased from $8 million in 1965 to $7 billion in
1990 (an 875-fold increase). Consumer expenditures for child care
have increased over that time frame from $4.6 billion to $20.5 billion (a
4.5-fold increase).
Category =
Caregiver, Politics |
Mother in the Middle
Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars, by Deborah Shaw Lewis
&
Charmaine Crouse Yoest
© 1996, p. 148 |
A 1995 newspaper headline over a
nationally distributed wire service article stated, "Day Care Often Dismal,
Study Concludes."
That newspaper article surprised us.
After all, with our experience and research for this book, we knew how
serious the day-care crisis had become. No, what seemed surprising was that
the mainstream press was talking about the real issues in day care.
Category =
Caregiver, Politics |
Mother in the Middle
Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars, by Deborah Shaw Lewis
&
Charmaine Crouse Yoest
© 1996, p. 148 |
The study itself was titled "Cost,
Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers" and was conducted by
researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver, UCLA, the University of
North Carolina, and Yale.
These researchers concluded, "The level of quality at most U.S. child
care centers, especially in infant-toddler rooms, does not meet children's
needs for health, safety, warm relationships, and learning." The study also
found that most child care is "sufficiently poor to interfere with
children's emotional and intellectual development."
This was hardly news to anyone in the field of early childhood education.
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