Unique contributions to society

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Unique contributions to society
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Thu, 10-19-2006 - 4:12pm

In another thread, the "unique" contributions of SAHM's were alluded to but it wasn't stated what they are. Let's play a game and find out what they are. First, pretend that as of tomorrow, all moms SAH and detail what will be missing from society then pretend that all moms go to work and detail what will be missing from society. I'm really curious as to what people think a world without SAHM's orWOHM's would look like.

If all the moms who SAH went to work then the library would move story hour to the evening and summer vacation bible school would be held in the evenings so that all kids can attend and not just the kids of SAHM's. Banks would likely shift their hours to later in the day and you'd see more 24 hour stores. I think there would be more home cooking style restaurants too. I think day care centers would improve because of increased demand.

If all moms who WOH suddenly SAH, you'd see fewer service industries around because moms could do things themselves instead of paying for them. The nursing shortage would be more of a shortage. We'd probably have a shortage of teachers too. There'd be fewer government services because there'd be less tax dollars to pay for them. I can't think of anything else right now.

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Registered: 03-27-2000
Fri, 10-27-2006 - 8:21am
Yep, mine too. We have the choice to do either full or half day and my older two have both done half-day. Unfortunately, starting next year, in order to comply with state requirements, our school will be dropping the half-day program so my younger two kids will be required to go all day. Logistically, that will be easier since I won't have to go to school at noon and again three hours later, but I still would prefer them to go half-day if it were possible.
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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 8:23am

My dd had afternoon kindergarten and I loved it. It didn't mess up our morning at all. She started at 11:45. We were still able to do activities in the morning. She'd have a snack b/f she went to school, then they had a "snack" during class but we could send in whatever we wanted so she had her "lunch" during snack time.

My son is now in morning kindergarten. Neither schedule worked better than the other really.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 10-27-2006 - 9:17am
I don't think that waiting to teach reading/writing to kids until k or even 1st grade is terrible for kids at all. It used to be the norm and kids learned to read just fine even though they didn't start till they were 5 or 6. I think it's good that those types of academics are available for the kids who are ready. But what I think is terrible is the idea that a child who isn't developmentally ready at such a young age is somehow "behind". This never used to be the assumption and it didn't prevent kids from learning how to read.
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Registered: 08-27-2005
Fri, 10-27-2006 - 10:04am

"Of course I see the difference. Don't you?

I didn't want my kids in group care when they were small because I didn't see any benefit to it."

But isn't this a matter of personal preference rather than a clear, objective difference? We specifically put my kids in group care when they were small because we felt that they would benefit from the experience in ways similar to the way they would benefit from kindergarten(mainly socially and linguistically).

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Registered: 10-11-2006
Fri, 10-27-2006 - 10:16am

hold on i will provide you a link...

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Registered: 10-11-2006
Fri, 10-27-2006 - 10:20am

ya know i believe you are a well rounded person. :)

We have age appropreiate groups for instance we have something called "manatee park" where we learn about manatees and sea life. we have something called barns and books where we read about farm animals. we have color me, shape me, crafter corner, noble numbers...you get the picture. this is all for children 2- 5 we also have groups for new mothers classes for breast feeding and bonding and ppd and mommy time ect ect. We have 4-h play time the list goes on.

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Registered: 08-27-2005
Fri, 10-27-2006 - 10:21am
In Sweden, dcp that work in the community dc/preschool centers generally have the same education as elementary school teachers. They earn on average about $36,000 per year, compared to about $41,000 that elementary school teachers earn. It's a bit of a hot topic at the moment as a lot of trained teachers are naturally heading preferentially to the elementary schools and there are a lot of discussions about raising the salary overall to more closely match that earned by elementary school teachers.
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Registered: 10-11-2006
Fri, 10-27-2006 - 10:26am
I too have issues with those types of preschool's and would not send my child to one. They are not a preschool in my opinion they are a DAYCARE!
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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 10:27am
Children don't start 1st grade until they are 7 in Sweden. They also don't expect children to be reading until the end of first grade. Some basic pre-reading skills are worked on in kindergarten, but it's pretty minimal compared to what I know happens at many schools in the U.S. Exactly how is this bad? Swedish children do very well in international comparisons of educations, particularly in literacy. Most children are not at all "bored to death" in school.
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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 10:31am

No iam not kidding you imo they push kid's way to hard. As in the expectations. I have no problem with the examples you give about your three year old, i think we all do these things or at least id hope in our own home i do not need a day care to do them for me.

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