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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Yep. Just let the girl go outside and play. There doesn't have to be a lesson involved. She doesn't have to learn anything. Just have some plain, old-fashioned, down-and-dirty, nothing-educational-about-it fun.
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All day? Nope. Once in a while? Sure. Nothing wrong with that.
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Perhaps you meant to say ... "Is there something wrong with a child choosing to play?" But I really doubt you meant that.
"If you lurk at the Homeschooling board then you should've realized by now that what you do is not "homeschooling."
Hmm, Perhaps you should read the *About This Community* heading. Btw, here it is.
About This Community
"Have you decided to homeschool your children and don't know where to start? Are you looking for ideas to help educate your children, either full-time or after school? Whether your child is a preschooler or high schooler, or your homeschooling style is eclectic or unschooling, you will find support, ideas, and resources right here."
"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."
Really? Are you serious?
"No. Your label is not correct."
Prove it.
"I am sensitive about it because it really irks me when people think that they can make a word mean something different simply by declaring that their new meaning is the correct one."
Thanks for sharing. Guess you'll just have to get over it.
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