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Touching the Third RAIL: The Bizarre World
of Day Care Research,
By Brian Roberson, profam.org, July 2002 |
Actually, an objective observer might conclude
that Belsky’s comments at the press conference were rather cautious, given
the evidence. He did not, for example, draw attention to the fact that the
correlation found between the amount of time spent in non-maternal care was
just as statistically significant as ...poverty and parental quality.
...In addition, he suggested two ideas, extended parental leave and flexible
work hours, which have long been part of the feminist agenda for "workplace
equality." Belsky was also careful not to overstate his conclusions. "I’m
not saying they are the super, hyper violent types," he specified. "These
kids are more likely to be bullying kids....we are not talking of
psychopaths and kids who get guns and blow away other kids."
His restraint won Belsky no credit, however, as the forces of the child care
establishment in both the media and the research community went into full
"damage control" mode, attacking not only Belsky’s interpretations but his
integrity, as well. ...With a mixture of ad hominem*,
distortion, and outright falsehoods, the day care establishment set out to
convince parents that none of the NICHD findings related to the time
children spend in day care had any real significance whatsoever.
* ad hominem = a logical fallacy that says
someone's argument is wrong purely because of something about the person.
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Touching the Third RAIL: The Bizarre World
of Day Care Research,
By Brian Roberson, profam.org, July 2002 |
"Quality of care matters," he agreed, "and so
does quantity. The latter part seems to be an
intolerable truth." -- Jay Belsky
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Touching the Third RAIL: The Bizarre World
of Day Care Research,
By Brian Roberson, profam.org, July 2002 |
In another paper from the same year NICHD
researchers even implied that women who put their children in day care were
psychologically robust and those who did not were mentally ill.
... It appears as though a technique formerly identified with totalitarian
regimes like the Soviet Union-identifying opponents of the reigning ideology
as insane–is alive and well in the field of sociology.
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