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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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 4:35pm
Some places are both. There is a place near me that calls itself a preschool/daycare. Meaning that it offers a traditional preschool program 3 days/wk, 3 hrs/day. And it also offers daycare 5 days/wk, all day. There are not two separate groups of kids. It's just that some of them are there longer and more often than others.
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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 4:39pm

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Oh, no..sorry about that.

PumpkinAngel

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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 4:41pm

No, that's why I asked the question, to confirm.

PumpkinAngel

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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 5:08pm

My children would not attend that kind of place...it is either one or the other ..for my family Iam not looking for a day care that consider's itself a preschool in the next breath.

BUt that is ME!

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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 5:22pm
It isn't a daycare that is pretending to also be a preschool. It's both. You seem to think that the two things are incompatible and if some place is a daycare then its preschool program must be lacking. Where did you get the idea that a preschool program can only be good if none of the children attending it stay on all day? In the case of this business, there are some children who just stay for the preschool portion and some who stay all day. The fact that some stay all day does not detract from the preschool program. Why do you think it does. What makes you think it's impossible for a business to do both and do both well? It's just a matter of staffing.
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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 5:23pm

A day care provider is also five times as likely as a parent (mother or father) to sexually abuse a child.

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm04/figure5_3.htm

But these statistics are for parents across the board; although the stats do indicate that mothers are more likely to abuse their children than fathers by about 10%, you can't assume that this is because they are SAH with their children. Most likely this is because women are more likely to be living with their children than fathers--and fathers with a likelihood of abusing their children may be more prone to have simply abandoned their responsibilities.

Since day cares only account for the care of a minority of preschoolers, the percentage of child abuse perpetrators found in day cares naturally will be smaller.

But whereas I know I won't snap and abuse my child through either verbally, physically, emotionally, or sexually, I can't control the actions of a dcp of any educational or income level. That's why these statistics mean very little when we're talking about a mentally stable and loving SAHP.

Do you know if there is a correllation between educational levels and parental child abuse? The link you provided did mention a correllation between age and parental child abuse--young mothers being the most likely to abuse their children--through neglect.

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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 5:51pm

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An other relative is also five times as likely as a parent to sexually abuse a child, other professionals and friends or neighbors is off the charts.

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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 6:17pm
I'm sorry, but your post made no sense and was non-responsive to mine. Were you distracted by something? I know that happens sometimes with so much going on at home! Perhaps if you tried to use standard sentence structure and punctuation it would help, even when you need to be brief.
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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 6:50pm

And, IMO, if the "daycare" portion and "preschool" portion looked drastically different, one or the other or both would be developmentally inappropriate.

I'm not sure what people mean when they say that they use a preschool that is nothing like a daycare, but all I can picture are rows of desks where the kids sit and do writing and math until they leave. I just can't see that as being appropriate for 3 and 4 year olds.

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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 6:56pm

The preschools i researched in town last night seem to be no different than daycares. There is a nice one that has class size limits of 15 children and requires active involvement from parents in some form... the activities they listed would be outside time, snack time, inside time, art, singing, play time etc...

The other facility also doubles as a daycare for small children and after school care for up to 12 year old children... So far I cannot see a difference from our local preschools from daycare centers.

I think the only reason I would use either one at the moment, would be the social interaction my child can get from a group setting, and preparation for kindergarten.

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