Chookie
July 17th 03, 05:27 AM
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...
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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
> 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