Daycare lowers leukemia risk by 30%
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Daycare lowers leukemia risk by 30%
| Wed, 04-30-2008 - 11:15pm |
Someone on another board posted this. Does anyone have thoughts on it? Thirty percent is quite a significant difference!
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I think that you might be on to something. People are communal beings. The way that we are grouped into nuclear families here in America (and maybe most industrial societies since at least one of the studies was done in England) is not the norm world wide. It would be interesting if similar studies were done in non-industrial societies/countries and then compare the results.
Chris
The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett
Yes, that is what I am thinking. There was that horrendous story in the last few days of the Austrian father who imprisoned his dd and fathered 7 kids with her in the dungeon under his house. In any event, 3 of the kids have always lived in the dungeon. 2 of them, the 2 boys, speak an odd language of their own invention and have trouble speaking standard Austrian/German. This in spite of the fact that their mother can speak normally and told them stories all the time and the fact that they had TV.
It reminded me of when dd was small (under 2, and probably closer to 1) and dealing with two languages in her immediate environment. Clearly she was tuning in to the surroundings to decide which language to start speaking in, and she picked the one that was dominant in her greater environment. Apparently this is quite common with bilingual kids and shows that even very small children are very clued into community.
I am not sure about this. I think it is a weak argument in support of daycare. I would not put my child in daycare all day just b/c of this article.
I also wanted to point out that they article did not just mention daycre.. They also mentioned playgroups, etc.
Edited 5/2/2008 6:25 am ET by debbiemom2girls
"It is quite interesting to me how they draw what I consider to be sensationalized conclusions from these studies."
How do you mean?
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