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The Problem with Daycare
by Karl Zinsmeister,
The American Enterprise
May/June 1998, page 2 & 3 |
A telling example of how
difficult it can be to accurately judge a hired caregiver involves professor
Sandra Scarr. Scarr is one of the most zealous academic
defenders of day care in the country. She argues regularly and
vociferously in her writing and in media interviews that "day care can
actually be good for children." Yet when
Scarr employed babysitters for her own children, her day care expertise and
enthusiasm were not enough to avoid problems. One day she
returned from work to find her 18-month-old weeping. "Kathy hit me!
Kathy hit me!," the toddler cried simply. Scarr found large, red welts
on her daughter's body -- "the sitter had beaten her badly." She
expressed great frustration when told by police that there could be no
prosecution without witnesses. Apparently
without any sense of irony, Scarr complained bitterly that "no one was there
to prevent the abuse or to testify about it."
Category = Danger |
The Problem with Daycare
by Karl Zinsmeister,
The American Enterprise
May/June 1998, page 3 |
From a youngster’s perspective, the
typical day care arrangement is a puzzling, often chilly, slightly sad
arrangement. Unfortunately, very few discussions of day care look at
things from that angle. |
The Problem with Daycare
by Karl Zinsmeister,
The American Enterprise
May/June 1998, page
8 |
...The Washington Post has quoted Jeree
Pawl, director of the infant-parent program at the University of
California-San Francisco, saying, 'in most day
cares, it's a pecking order; it's like a bunch of wild chickens in a hen
yard.' The loudest, most obnoxious behavior is what gets
rewarded with attention from overloaded adult caretakers and intimidated
peers both, stated Pawl.
Category = Behavior, Caregiver |
The Problem with Daycare
by Karl Zinsmeister,
The American Enterprise
May/June 1998, page 8 |
..."I'm torn. I want them to feel safe and
secure, but this is not their home.
Parents think we can substitute for family, but we can't". ---
Elaine Lombardo, head of an Illinois day care center, quoted
from the Wall Street Journal.
Category = Caregiver, Quality
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The Problem with Daycare
by Karl Zinsmeister,
The American Enterprise
May/June 1998, page 8 & 9 |
"...But when I have children of my own I will use
everything I know to look after them myself. I'd die rather than put a
child of mine in the place where I work". -- Nursery
(daycare) worker interviewed by Penelope Leach, bestselling child care
author.
Category = Caregiver, Quality
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The Problem with Daycare
by Karl Zinsmeister,
The American Enterprise
May/June 1998, page 9 |
"By its very nature, day care produces
instability and discontinuities in a baby's life. A child in purchased
care, Penelope Leach* points out, must
regularly rely on 'somebody who, even if she was there yesterday because it
wasn't her day off, doesn't know what happened to that child in the 12 hours
previous".
*Penelope Leach
- famous British
maternal and child expert
Category =
Quality |
Last updated:
02/13/2005
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