Questions about Childcare... a little help needed for school assignemnt.. ANY HELP IS MUCH APPRECIATED?

Question

FORMAL(daycares preschools ect) CHILDACRE PRODUCES HIGHER SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC RESULTS IN CHILDREN THAT INFORAL (grandparents, babysitters) CHILDCARE...

What do you think about this statement?
Do you think formal childcare is more important for childrens decelopment than informal?
Is is better to leave your childchren with family and friends rather than someone who's a stranger to them?

Answer 1

I think children at a young age need routine and a loving shoulder to cry on when upset. One on one care at a young age was always my preference for my son. However, when start of school was getting closer i introduced him to the social environment...creche etc...to aid him in the transition. The result of this is that i have a child now who can deal with both solitude AND social environments. Too much of either one could hinder academic & social development.

Answer 2

its certainly possible that children who receive varied daily learning activities combined with children their age will result in advanced social and academic skills....thats what theyre being exposed to. thats not necessarily possible in all cases of children who are raised by a babysitter, family member or parent if no academic or social settings are provided. If the child is happy and secure in their home care...they may catch up to the other kids quite sucessfully.
however, what i find faulting in the early schooling is a closer degree of individual nurturing and more outside the home learned behaviors that a parent might not want the child to learn or to be exposed to or experience.
I have taken notice that the kids who are raised outside the home in preschool are not as nice and are more unpredictable in negative ways. My kids have to put up with these meanies.
I personally made sure my kids had good academia and nurturing skills from their teachers from K to 3rd grade. If I felt the teacher was someone I didnt want my child to be left with for 6 1/2 hours a day...I found another teacher who I did feel would be a kind person and good teacher.
My kids were raised at home...I taught them preschool at home. theyre honor and GATE students and theyre super sweet, kind and creative people.
dont know if that helps you in any way. peace

Answer 3

First, I hope you will be more careful about your spelling when you write your paper. As for formal versus informal childcare, I read somewhere that children who go to formal daycare centers learn much more than those who are cared for at home with family members. I believe the thinking is that a formal setting provides diversity and extra stimulation in terms of interaction with different children. Children need to learn to deal with strangers and new settings, basically come out of their comfort zone at home. They also learn by observing their peers.

At home their interaction with non-family members would be very limited and later on they might not be as open or receptive to others because they are not accustomed to being with strangers. They also seem to speak sooner when they mingle with other children. (Sometimes they do learn a few words that parents might not like). I've also heard experts say that children who are schooled outside of the home, seem to get more childhood illnesses more frequently but it also builds up their immune systems, thereby making them more healthy later on in life. In other words, being exposed to the germs from other children helps them grow stronger than those who are protected and schooled at home.

Answer 4

I beg to differ with ya there. If at staty at home mom, or baby sitter or whatever takes her child out around other kids, such as play groups, the child can be socialized just as well as a daycare kid. Kids who dont go to day care are also not sick as much. Seems like when my son was in daycare he was sick alot and had a constant snot nose. Kids in day care are not more academically developed either. The main thing daycare teaches kids is how to follow a routine, which can be taught just as well at home. I dont believe there is any evidence to support the statement that kids who go to day care are smarter or more socialized than kids who dont.

Answer 5

According to our Parents as Teachers parent Educator, the best place for children during those early-development years is at home with family! She says research shows that they are more emotionally stable and fare better academically than those who attended 'preschool' or 'daycare'.

Answer 6

It is much better to leave kids with people they know rather than strangers. Also, you know what the people you leave your kids with are like. You know if your children are safe, but you don't know if they are safe with a stranger.