The Daycare Generation
The Daycare Generation
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. There are many reasons families place their children in daycare. For single-parent families, there is little or no choice involved. For other families, however, the daycare decision is made purely by choice. Many moms enjoy working outside the home and consider their jobs rewarding and fulfilling. Other families insist they need the income that a second working parent brings in. Whatever the reason, I think we need to take a look at the impact full-time daycare has on our children. Kim Clark, author of an article called "Mommy 's Home" states that young children of stay-at-home mom 's are more intelligent, get more sleep, and have less weight issues than children of working moms. I personally think the benefits of raising healthy
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. There are many reasons families place their children in daycare. For single-parent families, there is little or no choice involved. For other families, however, the daycare decision is made purely by choice. Many moms enjoy working outside the home and consider their jobs rewarding and fulfilling. Other families insist they need the income that a second working parent brings in. Whatever the reason, I think we need to take a look at the impact full-time daycare has on our children. Kim Clark, author of an article called "Mommy 's Home" states that young children of stay-at-home mom 's are more intelligent, get more sleep, and have less weight issues than children of working moms. I personally think the benefits of raising healthy
Cited: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agency. 2005 Childcare in the state of: Kansas. March 2005. Dec 2005. Website giving national statistics about childcare issues. Rutherford, Megan