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- From: cconell@reed.edu (Carol Conell)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Daycare vs. Nanny; FT vs. PT for an Infant
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.184630.17521@reed.edu>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 18:46:30 GMT
- Article-I.D.: reed.1992Dec24.184630.17521
- References: <1992Dec23.193436.16434@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
- Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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- Re: When do children start benefitting from group situations.
- They clearly play well together by 18 months or sooner, if they have
- been together regularly.
- Having had both of my children in cooperative
- group day care, 1 starting with just
- 15 hours (3 of which) I was present at 6 weeks and 1 starting 1/2 time
- at 10 months,
- I've watched lots of children that age and they play much more advanced
- games together than children who have not had continual involvement
- with similar aged children.
- Presumably any parent of several close together children could
- testify to the same effect, but it's quite amazing how much younger
- kids play and socialize relative to what the books seem to suggest.
- Does this mean that it's better for them than a nanny--I wouldn't
- think so.
- Provided that you have a real "nanny," i.e., someone paid an adequate
- wage to attract someone who loves to play with children and stays with
- you for several years and takes them out to play just like a traditional
- mom, I would imagine that a nanny would be just as good right up through
- the school years. After all many people stay home
- with their mothers or fathers and thrive and
- play groups, etc. can provide all the
- play with other playmates that children need and this can help minimize
- the exposure to other children's illnesses that daycare generates as
- well as avoiding problems with childcare when yours does become ill.
- So if a nanny is more convenient for you, don't worry about it.
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- Carol Conell; Sociology; Reed College; Portland, OR 97202 (503) 771-1112
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