Anecdotally, my parents put me in day care (no preschool available that wasn't religious) in order for me to learn to socialize. That said, screw off! My social skills are just as good as anyone's, bitch!. And I'm not aggressive in the least, and will kill anyone who says otherwise.
--Ben Gruss Gott wrote: > Am I Hurting My Child With Day Care? > Posted by Jamie Heller > > Day-care parents, brace yourself. A new study is out about our > children, and it's not reassuring. According to the study, published > in the March-April issue of the journal Child Development, children > who spend large amounts of time in child-care centers exhibit more > minor behavior problems, such as aggression and disobedience, than > other children, at least through sixth grade. My colleague Sue > Shellenbarger writes about the study here: > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117486330461648401.html > > When studies like this came out in the past, I tended to ignore them, > especially when they grouped different forms of "non-maternal" care > together (see this article: > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB111223054814593805-search.html?KEYWORDS=day+care&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month > > ). It seemed the only way to avoid the apparent negative results for > non-maternal care was to provide maternal care. Since I was set on > working, for financial and professional reasons, it didn't matter much > to me what experts thought, because I knew child care was the right > solution for my family. > > But this study seems different it suggests that between child-care > centers and nannies, child-care centers are worse. The question, then, > for me and other day-care parents, is whether to switch. For my big > boy, six, the dice are rolled. He's been in child-care/preschools from > the get-go, and now he's in kindergarten. But for the little guy, just > turning three, I could give up the full-time preschool and opt for a > nanny for the next couple of years. > > My gut reaction is to say, study, shmudy it's a great school and > besides, I truly believe we are good parents. The study researchers > themselves say "the quality of parenting children receive is a far > stronger and more consistent predictor of achievement and social > functioning." > > But part of me has to acknowledge that the study plays to my worst > fears. More than my big guy, my little guy gives us a run for our > money. He upsets easily. Today, when I asked him for a kiss, he bonked > me on the head. Still, he's not exactly at a mature age; and the > teachers insist he's a delight. I am reluctant to switch to a nanny > for the reasons I outlined in this prior post. And I hate the idea of > letting so-called experts influence decisions on which I think I > should know best. > > I wonder, though, whether I'm being wise by staying the course, or stubborn > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231412 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
