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Nurseries 'turning our children into yobs*'
Laura Clark, The Daily Mail (UK),
5-Apr-2007
yobs = slang term for an uncouth
individual or thug |
Labour's drive to put toddlers in
childcare so mothers can go out to work is damaging a generation, the
Government's own research showed yesterday.
Young children who spend long hours in nurseries are more disruptive and
anxious than infants mainly looked after at home by their mothers. The
earlier they go to nursery, the worse their behaviour becomes.
Toddlers left in daycare for at least 30 hours a week are "significantly"
more likely to bully other children, tease them, call them names and demand
their own way.
But they also became worried and upset. They were more prone to pouting,
frowning and stamping their feet if asked to try a new activity and to worry
about not getting enough food, drink or toys.
The explosive findings, arising from the first study of its kind, blow holes
in a decade of Government policy which has massively expanded childcare....
Billions have been poured into subsidising nurseries and childminders
through the tax credit system, direct daycare benefits and the Sure Start
project...
Now a major Government study, by a team of researchers from Oxford
University and the Institute of Fiscal Studies, has found long periods spent
in daycare increase the risk "problem behaviour".
The findings prompted critics to describe Britain's growing culture of "institutionalised"
childcare as a "tragedy" for youngsters.
Category = Behavior, Politics |
In praise of doggy day care
The primeval (and low-cost!) parenting skills of man's best friend.
Los Angeles Times, by Heather Havrilesky
August 1, 2007 |
Sure, at first you'll be ashamed to even
consider your (two loyal) dogs as appropriate guardians for your
child. But then you'll get to thinking: Given the lack of affordable,
high-quality day-care options these days, could two dogs really be much
worse than the shoddy supervision most kids receive at the local child-care
center? You know your dogs really well -- it's not like some total
stranger will be raising your baby. Aren't your dogs affectionate?
Wouldn't they watch your kid like a hawk and follow her everywhere,
especially if you taped a cookie to her forehead?
And how many day-care providers can promise a 2-to-1 caregiver-to-child
ratio?
...I've
read the reports, so I know that dropping my baby off at day care is
tantamount to throwing her to a pack of wild dogs. My dogs aren't very
well-trained, but at least they're domesticated.
Category =
Quality |
National daycare redux
The National Post (Ontario)
by Andrea Mrozek
10-Sep-2007 |
The attempt to revive the ... national
daycare plan using Bill C-303 is moving forward despite the fact that it is
the least popular with parents and that many of the country's provinces want
nothing to do with it.
Category = Politics |
'Big-box' daycare coming to
Canada
Industry worried as Aussie
'Fast Eddy' looking to expand his $2.2 billion empire
The Toronto Star, by Robert Cribb & Dale Brazao, 20-Oct-2007 |
The largest daycare corporation in the
world – often criticized for cutting care to raise profits – is bringing its
controversial form of big-box privatized child care to Canada.
Nicknamed "Fast Eddy," Australian-based entrepreneur Edmund Groves, who
holds Canadian citizenship, is behind a move to purchase daycares in
Ontario, Alberta and B.C.
It's all part of a rapid global expansion by Groves' ABC Learning Centres,
which last year added about 1,000 U.S. centres to its empire.
Groves' meteoric rise has drawn criticism from numerous corners.
The Sydney Morning Herald published a story about Groves with the
headline: "Cradle Snatcher." Last year, Labour MP Michael Danby attacked
Groves in federal parliament, saying the daycare king has become rich by
"milking government (child care) subsidies."
In a 2006 report by the Australian Institute, a respected Australian
think-tank, researchers said poor food quality and cost-cutting have
compromised quality even as ABC has amassed a fortune from public child care
subsidies given to parents.Groves, a Canadian expatriate, is one of
Australia's richest people – wealthier than Hollywood star Nicole Kidman –
with a personal fortune of nearly $259 million.
The ABC chain generated operating profits of more than $70 million last year
alone, up 149.9 per cent over the previous year.
In a few short years ABC has become one of the biggest child care providers
in the U.S. and the U.K. in addition to Australia and New Zealand.
Category =
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