On Dec 8, 9:36 pm, toypup wrote:
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:35:50 -0800 (PST), wrote:
I too question whether sending a child to childcare at a young age is
better than staying at home with mom or dad. (or other guardian)
Children will be in school for the rest of their lives and parents can
never get those first few years with their child back. If families
are fortunate enough to have a stay at home mom or dad, I think that a
child would benefit more from staying at home versus attending
childcare early on.

I have known kids who are raised in environments so deprived of stimulation
that it would be a benefit to be in a preschool or daycare setting. Those
kids are loved, but live in a bubble for fear they may injure themselves.
It can be extreme.

Although children may seem they live in a bubble, when they enter
school they will quickley adjust to it. They need that loving support
to guide them in the right direction for thier first few years. They
have the rest of their lives to explore other settings but can never
get those first few years back of their childhood spent witht their
parents or guardians, or any loved ones.