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.
MM, WOHM to B&E, 7.24.03

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"And, you said your district didn't do b/a care. Which isn't true."
Correction: I said my dd's school doesn't provide b/a care. Which is true.
"Some of the schools in your district do."
Yes, apparently 2 of the 13 (soon to be 15) do provide b/a care. And?
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"and if 5 schools in Edmond have full-time Prek, that pretty much negates your claim that it is rare."
1. My claim wasn't wrt to Edmond as clearly (your post: 412) came long after my first one (post 20) in this thread. BTW, here is post 20:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-pssahwoh&msg=16686.20
2. If you'll read post 20, it clearly states:
"Where as, preschool is generally a part-time program in most cases, although at times it is also offered on a full day basis. However, it is rarely, if ever, offered on a full time basis."
BTW, I'm still waiting for those citations.
"So are there societal responsibilities towards children or not?"
A societal responsibility wrt to providing children with a public educational system, yes.
A societal responsibility wrt to providing children with a public dc system, no.
I realize all that.
<<"Where as, preschool is generally a part-time program in most cases, although at times it is also offered on a full day basis. However, it is rarely, if ever, offered on a full time basis.">>
And we showed you, time and time and time again, in vast geographical region, where preschool IS offered on a full-time basis. And is not rare.
PumpkinAngel
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Post 143.
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Edited to add a further reference I found.
Edited 3/24/2006 4:18 pm ET by okiegirl71
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