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"Babies do fine when mom works"
| Sat, 03-26-2005 - 11:08am |
I just downloaded the empirical article upon which this popular media article is based, but thought I'd post a link to the pop-media article as grist for our mill.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151565,00.html
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I have to be honest. I don't know if my children (who have been in some form of care since 4 and 5 months respectively) are in, or ever were in, "high quality care". But I really don't and never did care much about that.
Before they hit school age all I really cared about was a)were they in a safe healthy environment b)were they happy and having fun. I expected them to be AT LEAST as safe and happy in care as they were anywhere else. But I did expect them to be having MORE fun overall than would be in most other daily life situations I could think of for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Their care situations passed all that. Kids will certainly achieve b) without a). But the achievement of b) generally means everything else is decent so I left it at those two. To be honest, I'd probaby rate their care situations as "plain old ordinary child care more or less comparable to that as experienced by most kids in the developped word". Generally, I would say the caregivers experience disposition towards childcare, and the availablility of playmates would have probably resulted in their daily care rating being somewhat higher than what kid in more isolated situations receive on this continent. But high quality? No idea.
"What point was that? That no husband should be 100% comfortable leaving for work in the morning unless he's bringing the kids with?"
The point was about being honest about one's child care arrangements. Not sure where you got the dh part :)
PJM posted that for her *individual* situation, the stats don't matter. I said the same for my *individual* situation. Are you truly saying that you know more about our *individual* situations because you've read this study?
The problem I have with the 9-12 percent 'high quality' finding is this:
I'm aware of the rating scales used to assess the child care settings and have been trained in how to use them by one of the authors.
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"Again I ask what is your story? Bad othercare experiences? What type?"
No, child care. Only extended family care ((aunts, grandparents) on occasion starting at age 4. Yes, you understood correctly. I didn't leave my child in anyone else's care (not even a family members care) until the age of 4. And no, it had nothing to do with fear, paranoia, religious beliefs, research, etc. LOL. We simply didn't need child care.
"How many kids do you have and their ages?
One, 10 going on 16 LOL. I just can't wait for the teenage years!
"Are you somehow involved with children currently or formerly in a professional capacity?
Does volunteer work count?
"You don't know what goes on with your DH (assuming you have one) when you're not with him, either. You don't let that paralyze you,"
My dh is an adult, he can take of himself. Children are a different story, especially infants and young children.
"so if you've been as careful as possible, and follow up with random/surprise inspections,"
Not sure what you mean by "been as careful as possible," or "random/surprise inspections." Why would I have to be "as careful as possible" with myself/dh? Likewise, how/why would I do "random/surprise inspections," on myself/dh?
"you shouldn't be paralyzed about using othercare either."
When did I say I was paralyzed about using othercare? As I said above, we simply didn't need it.
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