> ". . children who spend large amounts of time in child-care centers > exhibit more minor behavior problems, such as aggression and > disobedience, . . ." > > The disobedience is certainly not a good thing, but I am not so sure > that it is bad to be agressive. I guess it depends on how agressive > in the end and whether it can be controlled.
I find the quote interesting because they seem to be asserting that children are not naturally aggressive or disobedient in some way. Isn't aggression and disobedience a natural part of growing up? My son spent about two months in daycare when he was a wee lad (~8mos old) because I was working and his mother was in school. When she was finished with the course, my wife stayed at home with him. He is 12 going on 13 now and I really don't think his level of disobedience and aggressive-ness his anything at all to do with the fact that he was in daycare, and i wouldn't point at anything he does and say it was an indicator of anything other than normal behavior. So what is different about *his* level of disobedience/aggression as compared to others? Should I be happy he's not starting fires? What is the criteria for determining problem-level "disobedience"? My daughter was in daycare for about six months when she was 2.5 y.o. to 3 while I transitioned into a new job and my wife transitioned out of hers and back into full time stay-at-home again. Fi loved the daily routine of daycare, Coat on the hook in the cubby, ABCs at X o'clock, snack now, nap time then, story time at whatever. going from daycare to home even for that short a time was a little hard for her cause Mom's structure for the day was different from daycare, was different than Dad's (I stayed at home with the kids for 3 years) Every kid is different. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231452 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
