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7 Myths of Working Mothers
by Suzanne
Venker,
©2004,
P 106 |
You can't pay someone to do for a child what a parent will do for free. Even
excellent child care can never do what a good parent can do.
--Urie Bronfenbrenner
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Quality |
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7 Myths of Working Mothers
by Suzanne Venker,
©2004,
P 107 |
We have chosen to place our faith in day care in the face of overwhelming
evidence of its harmful effects and the experience of most women, who suffer
immediate pangs of guilt and anxiety dropping off their six-week-old
newborns at day care centers.
"When we choose to put a child in day care, we want to believe it's good,
and so we do," writes Covey*. He adds, "That
which we desire most earnestly, we believe most easily."
*Stephen Covey, acclaimed author of
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Danger, Quality, Politics |
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7 Myths of Working Mothers
by Suzanne Venker,
©2004,
P 109 |
Psychologists and child experts have acknowledged that even marginal care at
home is better than day care. "A home must be very bad before it can be
bettered by a good institution," writes renowned psychiatrist John
Bowlby.
Category
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7 Myths of Working Mothers
by Suzanne Venker,
©2004,
P 112 |
Because nannies and day care have become so prevalent, they appear to be
safe and harmless enough. As a result, women ignore the little voice inside
their heads that tells them otherwise.
Category =
Politics |
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7 Myths of Working Mothers
by Suzanne Venker,
©2004,
P 112-113 |
Indeed, it could be many years before people are even aware of the damage of
day care, and it can come in many forms. "Some youngsters learn not to
attach themselves to any caregiver. They lose the ability to feel or express
warmth, and develop a shallow and indiscriminate emotional life. Certain
such children wind up without any sense of personal connectedness," writes
Zinsmeister. And because this outcome is so difficult to quantify, many
child care advocates ignore its reality. For if we cannot measure the
harmful effects of substitute care ("Johnny is reading below grade level")
then there must not be any harm. But there is. You just have to pay
attention.
Very close attention.
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Behavior, Danger, Quality |
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