Quality vs Poor Child Care

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In this article, the writer discusses that cases of child abuse in all its types continue to increase in the past years, some occurring in child care centers or committed by babysitters and other child caretakers. The writer notes that symptoms of abuse may also indicate the quality of care. Further, the writer discusses that parents must also contend with the high cost of quality day care services and risk the possibility of their children developing poor social skills in these child care centers. The writer also points out that current research showed that regular day care does not have to interfere with the emotional connection between a working mother and her infant. The writer concludes that adequate provision for the child's basic physical needs, the feeling of being valued, being allowed to play and the mother's personality traits weigh much more heavily.


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Introduction
Literature Review
Hypothesis
Method
Findings and Discussion
Conclusion

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"Meyerhoff discusses how the economic, cultural and social revolution in the country 50 years or so ago has driven young women and mothers to join the workforce. To adjust to the change, child care centers were set up to keep the children while their parents worked. Scientific evidence stands that children raised primarily at home develop much better social skills than those who spend a lot of time in group care. These young children in the company of other young children in group care learn social skills among themselves through imitation and operant conditioning. Every child will try some strategy, which will get him what he wants. In addition, many parents have started to feel guilty about separating from their children and leaving them in the care of others. They wish the situation could be more beneficial. Parents can make the arrangements needed to address this problem, but they should not be distracted away by modern conveniences from the fundamentals of authentic human development. When a problem turns up, the author invites parents to focus their attention on the expectations they place on the child's behavior rather than on the child's behavior itself."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Baker, H. (1999). Child abuse. 3 pages. Encyclopedia of Medicine: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.
• Bower, B. (1996). Mom-child relations withstand day-care attachment behavior in infants. 3 Pages. Science News: Science News Service, Inc.
• Grooms, A. (2007). Quality child care expensive. 2 pages. La Crosse Tribune: ProQuest Information and Learning Company
• Medline Plus. (2007). Child care. 1 web page. US National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health. Retrieved April 14, 2007 from http://www.nim.nih.gov
• Meyerhoft, M. K. (2004). Child care centers and socialization. 3 pages. Pediatrics for Parents: Pediatrics for Parents, Inc.

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