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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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"The point of shining you on like that was to point out that educational activities done by a child who attends an actual school are not "homeschooling"."
Yeah, I don't know why anyone would feel the need to resort to lying.
"Your Humpty-Dumpty-ish misuse of the word is a deliberate attempt to downplay the role that paid teachers have in educating your child and make yourself seem more important in comparison."
Actually, my dd's paid teachers are = to her unpaid teachers (dh and I).
Why would dh and I be more important?
BTW, welcome back to the debate. Perhaps you could address post 612 now (here's a link).
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-pssahwoh&msg=16686.612
"You use a label incorrectly and have been called on it many times."
Nope. My label is correct.
In fact, dd is homeschooled/unschooled more days per year than she goes to public school.
Not sure why some of you are so sensitive about it.
BTW, I'm still waiting for you to reply to post 216.
"I understand "child-led" just fine."
No, apparently, you do not understand.
BTW, I was talking to okie.
Still waiting on post 612.
Sure. I think that you are dead wrong that developmental needs are constantly evolving. We as a species are really no different now than we were many thousands of years ago. We have created a fair amount of technology and complex social structures in the intervening millenia. But our biology remains the same. And the developmental needs of children are a function of biology. Therefore, they change at the same incredibly slow pace that biology does. They will not change until the actual biology of the species changes, making us into a new species. Until then, what a child needs to develop into a normal adult is the same now as it was thousands of years ago. What has changed is what a child needs to learn in order to function in a particular society.
You have obviously confused what a child needs to learn in order to function in a particular society with "developmental needs". Think this through: do you really think the developmental needs of children are different depending on what society they are born into?
"She was no more lying than you are when you list all the things your dd does IN ADDITION TO SCHOOL as "homeschooling"."
Yeah, the only difference is that I'm not lying about homeschooling.
"Either neither of you were lying, or you both were."
Nope just one. Psst, btw it wasn't me.
"But you both do the same thing."
No, actually dh and I homeschool/unschool where as she does not. Which she has admitted btw.
Can you say post 612?
"You are wrong"
Prove it.
"and I will not respect your misuse of a word that has a very specific meaning."
So?
"It's time for you to either stop or else admit that every single other parent on this board also homeschools."
Nope. No can do. That would be lying.
Psst. Post 612
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