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The baby and the bathwater
by Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
(Toronto),
21-Apr-06 |
Every parent in Quebec knows
Jean-François Chicoine. His regular media appearances have made him the
best-known pediatrician in the province. Le bon Dr. Chicoine, ("The
good Dr. Chicoine") as they call him, is the baby doctor people trust.
But now, the personable young pediatrician has unleashed a bombshell:
Too many parents parachute their kids into daycare at far too young an age.
...(Dr. Chicoine's) conclusions are based on a large body of recent research
about attachment theory, as well as 20 years of personal observation...
His book, co-authored by well-known journalist Nathalie Collard, is called
Le bébé et l'eau du bain (The Baby and the Bathwater). “In Quebec,” he
writes, “children are kept in daycare 52 weeks a year, about 60 hours a
week.
Dr. Chicoine insists he's not political. He has only one agenda: kids. And
he ardently believes that the best place to be for most kids under 2 is with
their parents.
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Politics, Quality |
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The baby and the bathwater
by Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail,
21-Apr-06 |
... “In daycare, a baby will encounter an average of 17 different
caregivers between (eight and 15 months
old),” says Dr. Chicoine. “During the summer, it's five or six a day.” For a
child so young, having to deal with so many strangers is an unsettling, even
terrifying, experience.
Category =
Behavior, Danger |
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Day care increases risk of
allergy symptoms,
Reuters Health, 5-May-06 |
Preschool age
children who attend day care have a heightened risk of developing
respiratory and allergy symptoms, according to results of a study conducted
by Swedish researchers.
Dr. Linda Hagerhed-Engman, of SP Swedish National Testing and Research
Institute, Boras and colleagues examined the effect of day care attendance
and age on respiratory and allergic diseases in children between the ages of
1 and 6 years.
...compared with children in home care, children in day care had more
symptoms, including an increased risk of 33 percent for wheeze; 56 percent
for cough at night; 23 percent for doctor diagnosed asthma; 15 percent for
rhinitis; 75 percent for doctor diagnosed hay fever; 49 percent for eczema;
and 27 percent for food allergy.
In addition, the odds of having more than six colds in the last 12 months
was increased by more than 2.5-fold, and for ever having an ear infection by
more than 2.0-fold, among children attending day care.
In light of the significant increases in allergic diseases in Sweden over
the last decades, the researchers conclude that the "findings justify a
significant public health concern."
Category =
Disease |
Unintended
Consequences of Preschool,
Christian News Wire,
5-Jun-06
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In November 2005,
the Universities of Berkeley and Stanford studied 14,000 preschoolers and
kindergarteners and found that children who attended preschool had more
social, emotional and behavioral problems than children who had stayed home.
Yielding similar results as the Universities of Berkeley and Stanford, C.D.
Howe Institute released a study in February 2006 that reviewed 33,000
children who attended Quebec’s universal preschool program between 1994 and
2002. The Institute commented, "Several measures we looked at suggest that
children were worse off in the years following the introduction of the
universal childcare program. We studied a wide range of measures of child
well- being from anxiety and hyperactivity to social and motor skills. For
almost every measure, we find that the increased use of childcare was
associated with a decrease in their well-being relative to other children."
The study found that the aggression scores of the preschoolers increased 24
per cent after the program was introduced.
There is just too much research showing
the negative effects of daycare and preschool for the government to be
promoting universal programs.
Category = Behavior, Development |
Children perform
better if mother stays at home,Steve
Doughty, Daily Mail (UK),
9-Jun-06 |
(The Institute for Public Policy
Research) published research that admitted babies and toddlers sent for long
hours in daycare learn less quickly, have worse health, and behave worse
than other children.
Category = Behavior,
Development, Disease |
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