There are two main studies showing the effect of day-care on attachment, cognitive and social development. Belksy and Rovine (USA 1988) investigated the effects of non-maternal care on attachment types whereas Andersson (1992) investigated whether day-care has a significant effect on the cognitive and social development of middle-class children. A strength of these studies is that both of them are likely to have accurate results due to their large samples; Belksy and Rovine 90 male and 59 female; Andersson 119 children and this is a similarity between the two. However a strong difference comes from the results Andersson’s study shows a beneficial effect of day-care on the social and cognitive development of middle-class children whereas Belksy and Rovine showed a negative effect with 47% of the infants showing insecure attachment when spending more than 20 hours in day-care a week. A large similarity between these two studies would be that neither can be generalised to other cultures due to the ethnocentrism of the samples, in Andersson’s study it is noted that Sweden have a very high developed social welfare system and other cultures may be different (USA showed different results). Also Belksy and Rovine’s study couldn’t be generalised for similar reasons as it was carried out in the USA on US citizens and other cultures welfare system may be entirely different. A final similarity between the two is that both of these studies have confounding variables that may have affected the results/findings; in Andersson’s study the wealthiest children showed better results therefore the background of the child may have been an effecting variable, in Belksy and Rovine’s study, whether or not the infant is used to experiencing new places and environments may have effected how much the strange situation affected the child.…
I encourage and support a close relationship between home and daycare. I encourage open and friendly communication with each child’s family.…
Belsky and Rovine (1988) conducted a study in order to assess attachment using the strange situation technique. They observed infants who had been receiving 20 hours or more of day care per week before the age of 1. Their findings suggested that, in comparison to children at home, these children were more often insecurely attached. With insecure attachments being associated with poorer social relationships this may be considered a negative effect of day care.…
Outline and evaluate research into the effect of day care on children's social behaviour (aggression and peer relations). [12marks]…
Daycare is regular, temporary separation outside the home environment without the presence of a family member e.g. in nurseries, playgroups, under supervision of child-minders etc. Peer relationships are thought to play an important role in children’s development, for example when a child is left separated from its primary caregiver for the first time, typically when they begin school, around the age of 3 to 4, they are often very unsociable and timid, a sign of fear and un-ease due to being in unfamiliar territory and with different people who they are not associated with.…
It is vitally important to support the child’s relationship with their parents. When the relationship between a child and their family is strained, due to childcare issues, the child may feel less comfortable at the childcare. For example, when a mother of a little boy feels left out of her son’s development due to her work schedule and the amount of time he spends at daycare, she become stresses every time she drops her son off at daycare. The son goes into daycare feeling the stress of his mother and becomes anti-social, preventing him from developing emotionally and socially. If that mother was actively, or invited to participate in his care, through progress repots or volunte4er work, she may feel less alienated preventing her stress and anxiety. Thus preventing her son…
September 5, 2017--Attorney General Jeff Sessions formally announced Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. This program protects nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children. The Department of Homeland Security has stopped the process of any new application for the program as of Tuesday (Kopan, 2017, p. 1). Congress, given a six month period, must find a permanent legislative solution to preserve the program before permits begin to expire. Despite Trump’s conflicting feelings for the children, he made this decision after facing a threat from ten conservative state attorneys generals who would challenge the program in the court (Fox News,…
We have many rules and have many pieces of training to attend to make us more aware of things that we need to be polished on. I go to trainings every other weekend, because we are supposed to have twenty-six hours, and we have to be certified in CPR and First Aid. There are many steps that we have to follow to keep the daycare clean and manageable for anyone around. Some rules are more important than the others, because if we do not follow them the state will give us a deficiency for not doing things like we are supposed to. There is a website that can help you search for a daycare, and it will show you how many deficiencies they have, or if they have been closed down. We have a lot of child protection that will keep the kids from getting hurt…
The increased problems within families in the US have led to a similar increase in the number of children in need of child welfare services. The most common factors that have led to this increase include the loss of income, catastrophic illnesses, substance and drug abuse, divorce and incarceration of the parents. These problems lead to a great disruption in the life of these children who miss out on the love and guidance on the part of their parents. Parents are supposed to play an active role in the growth and development of their children. In spite of these problems, it is important to note that the best form of care that a child can get is from his own parents,…
Resources has stated that so many families wish they could be home with the child all day but cannot because they have to work to provide for their family. It also states that some families struggle especially single families because they can not afford child care. Finding child care is very important to most because their children will be spending most of their time in that facility. A person normally works eight-hour days, so a child is at child care maybe nine hours a day. That child receives its breakfast, lunch, and snack at the facility and spends most of its day learning from this…
According to Statistics Canada, the amount of two parented full time working families has gone up 17% since the 1980’s. As a result of such an outcome, more employees in larger and smaller based companies are finding it harder to keep up with both risen work loads and home life necessities, which in turn have caused more absentees in the work place. The reason being for this is due to situations concerning child illness, school holidays and the over all unexpected and a general study showed that 80% of work days were cut short due to parental obligations. Parents who work outside of the home also have difficultly juggling both getting their child to their care-giver, and making it to work in the same trip. This becomes especially complicated when modes of travelling are through public transportation. With the growth of this company expanding with many parent employees who are in favour of an onsite daycare, it would be in good interest to consider the possibilities of having a daycare to prevent absentees and also to create less stress, morale, profit and happier employees.…
<br>Many daycare opponents believe bonding, a strong emotional attachment that forms between a child and parent, is disrupted when mothers and fathers rely on others to be substitute parents. Children who are securely bonded to parents are more confident in their explorations of their environment and have a higher sense of self-esteem than children who are insecurely bonded to their parents. Dr. Stanley Greenspan, a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School, who has authored several books including the recent book,…
In today 's working society, parents need to rely on quality daycare for their children. However, finding a daycare that will strive to nurture each child 's unique qualities and create a work environment that encourages professionalism, growth, and diversity can be stressful for a parent because of the realization of how important this decision may be.…
For centuries we have seen our family unit only one way; with the father going off to work, and the mother staying home with the children. All the way back to the beginning of humans it has been this way. Lately however, this is all changing. With women 's lib came the "new woman". She wants to do everything a man can do including having a career. The only problem is, there is no one to stay home to raise the children if mom goes off to work. The need for daycare has risen sharply as more moms are choosing to work rather than stay home. As a result, the family unit is growing apart. According to the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agency, over 20 million children ages 0-12 are in full time child care this year in the United States. Many of our children are now spending most of the day away from their home and family, and because of this, are not able to experience the values of close family bonds that our grandparents and great-grandparents had. If we wish to preserve our family ties and bonds, we should take steps toward bringing the family unit back together. The first step should encourage families to let children stay home with mom when they are young, and not put them in a daycare.…
“According to the U.S. Department of Health, between the years 2011 and 2012, 38 states and the District of Columbia, child-care costs exceed their recommendation of no more than 10 percent of a family’s income (Blair 4).” However for many parents child care is a must. Child care expenses are at a premium, changing work circumstances could benefit both parents and children. Financially, there are both risk and benefit to the overall future of events. While scheduling to be home when the family’s active can be enjoyable, it is not suited for everyone. Setting a schedule is recommended for any change not matter whom is watching over the young ones.…