Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
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Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
| 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.
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"However, I tend to agree with the studies that are showing that extended time in such a prgram is not only not beneficial, but possibly negative."
I tend to agree with such studies as well.
Why would on earth would the results of such studies be published, if not to get the word out?
"I dont see the point in adding those things on top of a core program unless needed by the parent to compensate for their absence."
Precisely!
"I would never chose an 8 hour program with nap/play over a 4 hour program, unless I had to be away from the kids for 8 hours due to my own schedule."
Nor would I.
In fact, the only reason I would chose such a program would be in the event that I had no other choice.
Why would I want to potentially risk negatives if I didnt have to?"
Indeed. I couldn't agree more.
"What difference does it make whether it's a preschool or preschool/dc combo?"
Preschool/dc combo programs tend to be longer than strictly preschool programs.
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Here in New England we don't have fall break, only Christmas (Holiday) break, winter break in Feb., and spring break in April. The schedule was designed around work schedules of parents in agriculture, primarily. It doesn't work particularly well for parents in other sectors. Traditionally, only 180 days or so were provided on the theory that it was a public expense and some kind of limit had to be applied. But it hasn't changed in well over a hundred years. It's starting to now, though. People are facing the fact that more school is needed.
When your child works on her origami, her fiction writing, looking in her telescope, she's PLAYING! I can't fathom why you call the ordinary activities that children do at home to be "homeschooling". Unless you are hovering over her while she does them. I hope you aren't. Since butting in to your child's playtime just so you can feel better about re-labeling it "homeschooling" is developmentally inappropriate.
No other parents tell their kids they can't do the laundry list of fun activities you gave. You are just the only parent arrogant enough to label these activities "homeschooling" rather than a kid relaxing after school with things SHE thinks are fun.
I agree and I remember when school didn't start until after Labor Day in my area, now it's the middle of August.
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