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From: mason@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Mason)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Daycare centers.
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Date: Sat, 24-Sep-83 14:30:59 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 24 14:30:59 1983
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I don't see how anyone can approve of daycare centers. How can a child be
given the necessary attention when the attendant is responsible for 10 to
15 children. Any man that says he can be a good father and also have a
career is only trying to fool himself. Children of working fathers fall
behind the children of non-working fathers in school and other areas of
development. I think it is selfish for fathers to work. They treat their
children like toys or pets. 


I couldn't resist.  Although I don't think a daycare centre provides as
rich an environment as a home where the parent can devote the entire day
to the edification of the child (except in social interaction with other
children of a comparable age), in most cases parents that are caring for
the children are also responsible for housecare, and a variety of other
things leaving considerably less than a full day for the child.  I don't
think the case is nearly as strong either way as was stated in the first
paragraph.  (for those who haven't seen it, there is a similar note floating
around which has changed the sex of the parent in my first paragraph, which
changes it from an obvious statement of fact into transparent nonsense!)

 -- Dave Mason, U. Toronto CSRG,
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