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Mother in the Middle
Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars, by Deborah Shaw Lewis
&
Charmaine Crouse Yoest
© 1996, p. 149 |
In the April 25, 1995 issue of Woman's
Day magazine, writer Beth Levine talked about the challenge of finding
acceptable day care for her son:
Day care in America is such a hodgepodge, antiquated affair that parents are
forced to take a leap of faith with the well-being of their child that they
wouldn't take with any other part of their lives....
These people are strangers. You wouldn't give them
the keys to your house....You wouldn't tell them your cash card (PIN code)
number. And yet you are supposed to hand them your child and feel OK about
it?
Category =
Caregiver, Quality |
Mother in the Middle
Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars, by Deborah Shaw Lewis
&
Charmaine Crouse Yoest
© 1996, p. 149 |
In the University of Colorado study,
parents greatly over-estimated the quality of care their child was
receiving. Even at centers that were rated poor to mediocre by the study
observers, 90 percent of the parents rated their child's day care as "very
good."
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. 150 |
Many parents settle for what day care
they can find, however inadequate, and hope for the best. But underneath it
all, most mothers who use day care wonder what happens during the day
when they are not there.
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Mother in the Middle
Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars, by Deborah Shaw Lewis
&
Charmaine Crouse Yoest
© 1996, p. 150 |
Another issue in day care is the
adult-to-child ratio. The National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC) has set standards for this. Their recommendations: one
adult for every three to four infants...
One adult to four babies? consider that one-to-four scenario for a few
moments. Dorothy Conniff, who has worked in the day care field for
twenty years, considered the challenge and began to add up the time figures
(for Feeding, Diapering, and Cleanup).
In a typical eight-and-a-half hour day, that adds up to seven hours and
twenty minutes spent on the simple physical necessities of the babies. And
that's if the babies stay on schedule...
Obviously, such a schedule is not realistic. In group infant care based on
even this four-to-one ratio, babies will not be changed every two hours, and
they will probably not be held while they're fed. (Follow this link
for more information: Do the Math)
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