Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful

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Sun, 03-19-2006 - 3:09pm

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051101/news_1n1earlyed.html

Very interesting. Particularly the difference in the middle to upper income kids vs low income.

"I personally feel children need the nurture of their parents and the home," she said. "Those early years, that's when they are bonding to their family. That nurturing, only the family can give that."

I tend to agree.

MM, WOHM to B&E, 7.24.03

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Wed, 04-19-2006 - 11:36pm

I would think "privilege" would, instead, define a family whose household income is a good deal higher than the national average, and yet who expects their children to be admitted to a private Catholic school tuition free.

Privilege, to me, reeks of an entitlement factor, much like that described above.

Karen


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"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't

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Wed, 04-19-2006 - 11:36pm

My, my, my. I have too much going on in my life to examine the *intent* behind every flag waver at a 4th of July parade. There is so much ambivalence in the world as it is - as long as they are not being mocking or disrespectful, it matters little to me if they are there to remember an important moment in history or just to drink beer.

I am not Catholic, so I would not participate in the Sacraments. When I do attend a Catholic mass (as I did for dh's granny's funeral), I show my respect by rising or being seated by the priest's request, or bowing my head while in prayer. I consider these to be more "cutural" rather than "spiritual" aspects of religion. Similarly, I think the occasions of Christmas and Easter have become a part of popular culture that exist alongside of their more religious aspects, and that the secular world should be welcome to participate in these as well.

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Wed, 04-19-2006 - 11:39pm
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, Susannah; there's nothing to be gained by purchasing offense when the supply is dwindling.

Karen


"I think I've figured out why mooching beach bums, by the way: nobody's going to hire you when you look like you just got here from the opening scenes of an instructional video called Don't Touch That!: A Cautious Employer's Guide To Preventing Sexual Harassment."


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Karen

"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't

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Wed, 04-19-2006 - 11:42pm

What if one is a child of a parent who is dumber than a stump? Can you use it then? What if they are smarter than a stump, but dumber than a box of hair? Or smarter than hair, but not the sharpest knife in the drawer? At which point will the porch lights come on when someone is home?

And what about Naomi?

Karen


"I think I've figured out why mooching beach bums, by the way: nobody's going to hire you when you look like you just got here from the opening scenes of an instructional video called Don't Touch That!: A Cautious Employer's Guide To Preventing Sexual Harassment."


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Karen

"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't

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Wed, 04-19-2006 - 11:44pm
Because NO ONE wants a visit from the Resurrection Bunny.

Karen


"I think I've figured out why mooching beach bums, by the way: nobody's going to hire you when you look like you just got here from the opening scenes of an instructional video called Don't Touch That!: A Cautious Employer's Guide To Preventing Sexual Harassment."


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Karen

"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 9:04am

Try again.

 

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 9:41am
Here's an example: we lived in South Texas for 10 years and there it is common to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Parades, day off of work, etc. It is a Hispanic holiday that has been imported to parts of the US (we are in the east now and it is wierd when May 5 rolls around and there are no parties, etc.). So as a non-hispanic citizen in a city where Cinco de Mayo is a *huge* celebration, would it be more disrespectful to pretend it is not an important day for many people and go about my business, or to join in the celebration even if it is not directly about *my* heritage? Personally, we joined in. I think it would have been more rude to not acknowledge the holiday and the celebrations than it was to add our participation even though it is not strictly about *us*. Plus, it was fun.
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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 9:46am
Regardless of their ability to repeat your holiday mantra, they and you celebrate both aspects of the holiday - religious and secular. Because they have become largely integrated. Thus it should ot be that difficul to understand why some people continue to participate in the holidays even if they are not doing so our of religous observance.
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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 9:55am

If someone is coming to church on Christmas or Easter, then clearly the religious aspect of the holiday means *something* to them. Maybe not as much as it does to a weekly church-goer, but then again maybe your religion just doesn't mean as much to you as it does to the daily mass attendee. If you think that church attendance is the only way to measure how much a person values their religion, that is.

Personally, I find most of the social aspects of church off-putting. Too much politics, squabbling, and jocking for populatiry that remind meof High School Student Council. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now. Attending church can mean many different things to many different people. One of the main reasons I believe many people attend church is for the social opportunity. Which is fine, but that doesn't mean that people that attend church regularly are somehow more worthy of the right to celebrate important Christian holidays just because they warm the pew more often and come to the church pot-luck every Sunday.

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 9:56am
How about Rudolph and the Elves?

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