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Fear on nursery care
(daycare) forces rethink
by Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian, 8-Jul-04 |
In the UK, a government-funded study by the
University of London's Institute of Education concluded that "high levels of
group care (day care) before the age of three (and particularly before the
age of two) were associated with higher levels of antisocial behaviour at
age three". It also found that while higher quality of care could reduce the
"antisocial/worried behaviour", it could not eliminate it.
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Behavior |
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Fear on nursery care
(daycare) forces rethink
by Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian, 8-Jul-04 |
"The tendency of government policy for
more day nursery (day care) provision to the exclusion of other types of
childcare is extremely short-sighted; it's easier for an infant to catch up
on cognitive skills later on, but they can't catch up on emotional
development," said (Penelope Leach, child development expert). "The
trend towards more day nurseries (daycare) is out of kilter with what the
research is finding."
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Politics |
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Nursery Tales by Madeleine
Bunting, The Guardian, 8-Jul-04 |
But the popularity of this revolution is at odds
with what the experts are saying. Over exactly the time period that the
sector has boomed, research on both sides of the Atlantic has reached
remarkably similar conclusions; namely, that large
quantities of care in a day nursery (daycare) before the age of three
increases the incidence of insecurity and aggression in children, and that
these damaging effects are still evident years later.
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Behavior, Quality |
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Nursery Tales by Madeleine
Bunting, The Guardian, 8-Jul-04 |
What is extraordinary is how little
impact this research (negative effects of daycare) has had, so far, on
either public perception or government policy. This is partly because most
of the experts have preferred to keep their heads below the parapet*,
well aware of the kind of panic headlines that their findings could produce.
They are terrified of thousands of already anxious parents waking up to a
Daily Mail** splash - "Day nurseries (daycares) make children violent".
*Parapet = a low
wall
** Daily Mail = Popular British right-wing tabloid newspaper
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Nursery Tales by Madeleine
Bunting, The Guardian, 8-Jul-04 |
"The very things which are least
desirable about nurseries (daycares), such as a baby having several carers*,
strike parents as a safety measure because people can keep a check on each
other. They're very nervous of trusting people such as nannies and
childminders** behind 'closed doors'"(says
child expert Penelope Leach.)
*Carer = daycare
worker
** Childminder = British term referring to a person, usually a woman, whose
job is to take care of other people's children in her own home
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