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Study on behaviour targets
Quebec's child-care system
by Caroline Alphonso, The Globe and Mail (of Canada), 2-Feb-06 |
Quebec's preschoolers are more
aggressive than those elsewhere in Canada and their mothers show greater
signs of depression, according to a new study that blames the province's
universal child-care program.
The C.D. Howe Institute report released yesterday shows that despite
government officials and child-care experts lauding Quebec's $7-a-day
child-care program, children and mothers in the region are actually worse
off...
The study found that aggression scores of Quebec preschoolers increased by
24 per cent after the daycare program was introduced...
Mothers with children in daycare, too, had higher depression scores relative
to the average, probably because they were away from their youngsters so
early on, according to one researcher...
"For other provinces who might be considering a model such as Quebec's, [we
advise them] to keep their eyes open," said Kevin Milligan, co-author of the
study and an assistant professor of economics at the University of British
Columbia.
"They could expect some similar responses on the behavioural front from
children in their provinces as well."
Unlike other provinces, all families in Quebec have access to a heavily
subsidized daycare program. Parents pay only $7 a day and the government
pays for the rest.
Category = Behavior, Economics, Politics |
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Quebec daycare bad for children
by Kazi Stastna, The Gazette (of Montreal, Canada),
2-Feb-06 |
Quebec's much-heralded universal
child-care program might be good for the economy, but not for the kids
enrolled in it, a study by a Toronto-based think tank says...
"For almost every measure, we find an increased use of child care was
associated with a decrease in their well-being relative to other children,"
the authors write.
Category =
Behavior, Economics, Disease |
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Baby, you deserve better
by Libby Purves, The Times,
14-Feb-06 |
Now (Steve Biddulph) risks his neck by
cautioning that putting children under 3 into nurseries (day-cares) all day
may seriously damage their development. He saw the best nurseries “struggle
to meet the needs of very young children in a group setting”. The worst were
“negligent, frightening and bleak — a nightmare of bewildered loneliness
that was heartbreaking to watch”. He supported early nursery once; he has
looked and recanted |
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Baby, you deserve better
by Libby Purves, The Times,
14-Feb-06 |
...it is far more reassuring to head for
a “professional” institution with a brochure. Besides, leaving a child so
soon brings on a pang of guilt that is assuaged by feeling that expensive
childcare is somehow, in the ghastly league-table*
phrase, “adding value” to your child.
*League-table = A
chart in which people or clubs are placed according to their performances. |
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Baby, you deserve better
by Libby Purves, The Times,
14-Feb-06 |
Thus, nurseries flourish and, crucially,
take in ever-younger children...
In attacks on Steve Biddulph, commentators will no doubt brandish reports
showing that children who go to nursery do better at school: but look
closely and such reports invariably refer to children using nurseries
between 3 and 5 years old. Compared with a baby these are great big thumping*
confident creatures: they can talk and tell their parents what they don't
like. Smaller infants can't. If you want to be really miserable, watch a
tape of the BBC's recent undercover filming of apparently respectable
nurseries where clinging baby bewilderment was routinely met with crude
cries of “Ow, shurrup whingeing**, Leanne!”.
*thumping = very
large
** “Ow, shurrup whingeing = Oh, shut-up your whining!
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Baby, you deserve better
by Libby Purves, The Times,
14-Feb-06 |
There are good nurseries; there are
probably babies reasonably well cared for in a group, if the staffing is
consistent and skilled. But...this is a poor substitute for mother-love:
Steve Biddulph is right to say so. A young baby needs a person not a place,
not “affordable care” but devoted care. |
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Baby, you deserve better
by Libby Purves, The Times,
14-Feb-06 |
Government must stop obsessing about
tickbox* nursery “education” and think how to
make it easier for families to organise personal babycare, not just how to
squeeze them into a system where each childcare “place” means a mother out
earning and paying tax.
*Tickbox = a
square to put a check mark on a form |
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