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Interesting article
I loved the beat-up headline...
The more time children spent in care away from their mothers, the more likely caregivers were to report aggression and disobedience. I do wonder whether this is a bit chicken-and-egg. If I had a child I had trouble dealing with, perhaps I would be more inclined to work longer hours, for example. Seventeen percent of children in day care for more than 30 hours a week had problem behaviors. Depends what this means -- is there any toddler without "problem behaviours"? And, the strongest predictor of child behavior was not day care but how sensitive mothers were to their childıs needs. Researchers said children of sensitive mothers appeared more competent socially and less likely to be involved with conflicts. I'd love to know how they defined "sensitive", but the results, on the face of it, are hardly surprising. For a third of infants and almost three-fourths of toddlers, cortisol levels rose throughout the day when they were in day care. For most, cortisol levels dropped when they stayed home. Question: do cortisol levels rise if children are with their mothers, but are not at home? Toddlers who played with their peers had lower cortisol levels than those described as fearful. Well, duh! It's a stress hormone! This stuff ain't new, especially the beat-up headline. I won't be waiting with bated breath for DS to start showing anti-social behaviour... -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "...children should continue to be breastfed... for up to two years of age or beyond." -- Innocenti Declaration, Florence, 1 August 1990 |
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