Interesting, but correlational. There are many differences between the class of parents who put children in daycare and those who don't. Similarly, the Amish differ from the general population both genetically, culturally, and in their individual experience. Good research would be extremely difficult (and ethically challenging).
Paul Brandon Psychology Department (Ret) Minnesota State University, Mankato [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jun 5, 2008, at 6:26 PM, Joan Warmbold wrote: > I have been conducting research on how early experiences differ > between > children who do and do not develop autism. Please understand that > this is > not an interest in pursuing that dreadful pursuit of "blaming" the > parents. But I'm beginning to believe that our intent on totally > ignoring > early experiences impact on emotional disorders is doing a tremendous > disservice to parents in our country. One statistic that I'm > discovering > is that the rate of autism is far higher in families in which the > child is > placed in day care with in the first few months of their lives. > Shouldn't > this be worth sharing? The other statistic that is totally mind- > blowing > is that the rate of autism throughout our country is 1 out of 166 > children > but is 1 out of 15,000 within Amish communities. The reasons for such > could be multi-faceted and it would take a very thorough and rigorous > analysis to determine how their early experiences differ. But > certainly > worth analysing. > > Joan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
