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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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 6:27pm
Again, whell. DNA doesn't always tell the truth, not even for people. I, for example, happen to have male chromosomes, but to look at me you'd never guess. When it comes to puppets, I'd say they'd have to speak for themselves, so to speak. Ships and boats, OTOH, are always female, whether they like it or not;-)
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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 6:47pm
I agree. The stigma of Special Ed is less than when I was a kid. (And I'm ashamed to say I believed many of those stereotypes then.) But it's still there. But it's fading and maybe in another generation it will be gone or almost gone.
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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 6:59pm

I realize the barriers that gifted kids face in a lot of schools. No need to convince me.
The question that I was addressing, however, is what to do if there are limited resources. Say a school district has $100,000 to spend. It needs all of the money to provide help for their MR/learning disabilities kids. To me, if that's all that they've got, they need to spend it on this population.

Edited to add: Sorry, I forgot to answer the sleep/nutrition question. It's been a while, but I think it was covered in some detail. Also, they're really emphasizing the importance of sleep for intern/residents, who are now limited to working no more than 24 hours at a time.

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 7:04pm
Do you have a problem with the particular words "dumb" and "stupid" to describe low IQ or do you have a problem with labelling? Do you object to the terms "mental retardation/MR," "PDD," "Autism?"
To me, *diagnosis* is important (even it means that the person is "labelled") because identification of the problem is the first step in getting help.


Edited 4/20/2006 7:05 pm ET by iaudrey00
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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 7:57pm
I don't know, I'll have to check and get back to you.

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 8:01pm
I just don't see it as a pressing societal problem.

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 10:18pm

Exactly. So why would a Christian think I was mocking his religion by celebrating family togetherness and an exchange of gifts on a nationally recognized holiday?

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 10:33pm

I would like an example of when common definitions make communication impossible. There is absolutely no other way to communicate. Even if we argue over the nuances of meaning of a particular word, we must do so by using many more words that must share a common definition. If we each constructed our own meaning for commonly used words, communication would necessarily be impossible -- until someone else learned your construct, at which point you would be right back to using common definitions again.

By the way, as to the homeschooling issue -- the appropriate term for what you do is "afterschooling."

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 11:12pm

My girls loved them but Dylan isn't interested. He would rather read science books on rocks, dinosaurs, and reptiles.

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The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett

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Thu, 04-20-2006 - 11:16pm

Sewing. Just as my boss got back from celebrating her 50th wedding anniversary in Indonesia, she got a phone call from her family back there. Her oldest son died suddenly of a heart attack. The whole family turned around and flew back for his funeral. That left just 3 to run the shop. I'm swamped with wedding gowns. We have 21 (and still counting, I'm afraid) weddings for June 24th alone. And July is getting just as crowded.

Chris

The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett

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