Daycare Pros And Cons

Starter and Opinion Recently, the dramatic increase in the number of families with both parents working outside the home has sparked one of the largest social controversies in the contemporary world, whether or not a child should attend daycare. Many parents across the country struggle to make this decision as numerous questions are raised regarding whether or not daycare is more beneficial or harmful for infants and young children. On the one hand, parents who choose to utilize daycare say that it promotes independence, improves socialization, and offers better educational opportunities for their children. One the other hand, parents who decide against sending their children to daycare warn of increased exposure to illness and poor behaviors,
Unfortunately, even though there are parents who do not believe that daycare is the most suitable option for their children, I feel that parents should send their children to daycare because it provides them the immense advantages of socialization, independence, and an academic edge over those receiving
He implemented a series of tests, which looked at the children’s communication, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, problem solving, and personal-social skills. Ghazavi tested 196 children and found that approximately 95% of the children in daycare were above the average levels for their particular age group. Therefore, his research concluded that daycare did in fact help the children develop these skills faster than the average child, which supports the assertions that daycare provides children with educational advantages, better socialization skills and independence. In addition, an article written by Fox News referred to a group of studies that were conducted by JAMA Psychiatry, which found that when children in daycare were compared to those who did not attend daycare, daycare children were proven to have less emotional problems, more opportunity to grow, higher intellects, and better overall behavior. Researchers stated that if a child’s mother were depressed at home then the child would likely adopt and internalize that feature from living in that environment. Thus, the child in question would not be emotionally healthy