Perhaps one of the more obvious benefits of day care is that it allows the mother to work
(this is because traditionally it is the mother who stays at home to focus on raising the child). This additional freedom can be greatly advantageous to single mothers as it allows them to work and earn money to support the child's upbringing while also ensuring the child is cared for during the mean time. As discovered by Yarrow (1962) the added ‘freedom’ of continuing to work can increase the standard of the child's upbringing. Yarrows study found four distinct groupings of mothers
(working and preferred working, working but preferred not to work, not working and preferred not to work and not working but preferred to work). He found that it was the
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As such, with day care allowing the mother to work as she so chooses, the mother will be more confident and better equipped to bond with their child, giving the child a better home life.
Although there are some benefits in the child attending day care for both the mother and child, it can pose the risk of a negative consequence for the mother as she may feel she is failing her child. This could be due to societal expectations and pressures which make the mother believe that her prime focus must be her child and only her child. She may feel that she is expected to abandon her career, if she had one, and spend her time at home caring for the child. She may also feel that nobody else can look after her child better, even if that person is a child care professional. This feeling of inadequacy, or betrayal of the child, imagined or not, combined with potential judgement from the mothers peers could negatively affect the mothers relationship with the child. This could c hinder the child's development, if the child feels it can not get as much reassurance from the mother as it
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For example, if the child has two parents and one sibling they would only have three bonds, whereas if the also went to a day care with two members of staff and six children then they would develop an additional eight bonds bringing the total to eleven. This sort of social setting benefits the child's social development, making them more empathetic and developing feelings of group concern and identification at an earlier age. The best example of this developmental advantage would be the children raised Kibbutzim of Israel. These children have their care needs entirely taken over by professional care givers, called Metapelets, even going so far as to being housed separately from their parents. In a study by Kohen-Raz(1968) it was found that these children where not negatively affected compared to children raised in the family home in regards to physical and mental skills and in fact had shown increased social development, all without weakening the mother-child bond.
Whilst there is a huge benefit for the kibbutz children and other children in similar day care situations, there are associated negative aspects. One is that whilst it can provide a â€oejumpstart―
The childcare facility is open 24 hours a day 7 day a week, with a total of twenty children ranging from the ages of 3 to the age of 7. My amount of time I volunteered was a total of twenty hours, my obligations included, watching and screening youngster’s play exercise’s, keeping records on individual youngsters, including everyday perceptions and data about their play time, suppers served and medicines managed. My duties also included controlling rest periods, read to the children, and show them basic painting, drawing, crafted works, and songs.
Most parents would probably prefer a family member would take care of their child; it could possibly be no cost and would make them feel as though they weren’t having someone else raise their child because they have to work. This is not an option for many parents so they go outside the family to make their choice of care. A day care center and an individual caregiver both have their pros and cons. Day care centers are open longer hours and have more workers in case of illness, caregivers could become ill and the parents would have to take the child to an emergency back up or miss work entirely. Children are very much individuals and have to be considered in the choice the family makes for care of their child. Every family must decide first what they can afford and then weigh the options to provide the best care available to them.
Some day care can be beneficial for the children as they offer great facilities and have positive effects on the child rather than having negative effects. Day care is not a replacement of a family it is there to work with the family and complement the
If a child is looked after or in care, their opportunities in general may be restricted. This in turn leads to their development being affected in many different ways.
By one year six months, only 13% of infants had one attachment. This study by Schafer and Emmerson (1964) concluded that care givers can be male or female and mothering can be a shared responsibility. Social workers should therefore understand that parents are not totally responsible for the way the children develop. They did give them their genes and therefore do have some influence.
Parents are always questioning whether they would like to have any more children someday. One of the aspects parents think about in this decision is child care. Child care can be pricey and the quality of the child care is also something to think about as well. Parents want their child to grow up and become very successful in life. Choosing a daycare from infant on, is part of the process to becoming successful as they grow. For one to add on to the family they need to think about the quality of child care, the price of child care, and attention of care: how their child will be raised. High-quality child care should be provided at public expense to all working parents!
...ter, because in order to receive daycare help you must be working. A lot of times this still leaves the mother in a bind, due to the lack of hours she works and the lack of support she will receive. At times the mother has to choose a low quality daycare which only makes it worse on her children; they may not endure the proper amount of attention needed as well as nutrition.
According to Erik Erickson, in the first year of a child’s life, the main challenge is to establish trust. After birth, an infant must depend completely on others to fulfill their needs. To create a safe environment for the baby, a caregiver must provide things like food, love, and safety. Overall, if the child’s needs are met, the child should develop a positive and trusting attitude toward the world. This security will allow them to build trust with others in the future. For infants that are mistreated or neglected, the world would seem like a scary place. Sadly, they create a barrier and learn to mistrust others. Also, if the child’s needs are not completely fulfilled, the child may develop an insecure attitude (Romero).
Changing demographics in America are leading to an increased need for preschools. In 1950, only 14% of mothers of children under six worked outside the home (Williams 351), but in 1995, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 63.5% of mothers of children under age six worked outside the home (Garey 4). The number of families with two working parents is steadily rising; the number of single-parent families is also increasing. Many families cannot afford to have a parent at home full time but have a hard time affording preschool or childcare costs. A publication by L.M. Casper, printed by the U.S. Census Bureau, found that on average, parents spend 8% of their family's income on childcare (Kinch 68). Many of these parents make great sacr...
Children form the largest percentage of the global population. The population of children is high and so is their levels of vulnerability, especially in the modern day world where political, social and economic problems integrate, thereby necessitate a substantial number of challenges of child care. Meeting the needs of children, especially guaranteeing children of protection is not only an expensive, but also an extremely complex activity. This is the reason as to why the modern day world had numerous agencies working within and across nations to ensure that child care is attained. However, it is imperative to note that the presence of numerous organizations working to embrace child care could on one hand imply the weight with which
...more from life and not truly understanding their purpose. Undoubtedly, in our conventional society, family is important for a variety of reasons. We depend on our families to teach us almost everything we know. They help us to understand social interaction and to create the things we consider to be our values. Our family starts our education and most importantly provides a sense of stability and support that can help in every kind of challenging situation. When a family fails in the raising of a child, it is clear in many aspects of the child’s behavior, which goes to show how truly important this family system is. Since the idea has never been used, it is hard to say what would actually happen if the plan was played out, but from the experience that we do have, communally raised children usually suffer negative effects in their ability to form emotional attachments
It is common knowledge that a parent is considered the most efficient caregiver for their children. It’s also known that with daily responsibilities of caring for a child financially, parents partake in full-time and/or part-time employment. While needing to do so, many children attend daycare/preschool facilities. Granted, it is the parent’s responsibility to cautiously select where they decide to take their children. This is because parents know that while they are away for numerous hours of the day, their children are in the hands of another care provider and that their care would have an enormous impact on their children. At a young age, a child’s social and cognitive skills are continuing to take shape and the amount of time spent in these facilities has a resilient impact on a child’s development. With proper and superior care no matter the time spent, such positive effects on a child’s development should endure in a child’s cognitive and social development. In other words, there is a great benefit of childcare/daycare attendance on a child’s development.
“The logic of intensive mothering, particularly as it applies to middle- and upper-middle-class mothers, therefore seems to be the greatest barrier to solving the problems detailed in this book….Nearly all mothers, for instance, feel they ought to be at home with their children, ought to want to be at home with their children, and ought to be their children’s primary parent.” Pg. 201 This quote from Untangling the Mother-Nanny Knot emphasizes on the fact that these working mothers need to let go a of that temperament that they must keep the nanny, their spouse and anyone else away from their child at any cost. Because they are not able to be there for their kids they can rest their mind knowing that the person with their child when they are not present is someone that will love them and care for them no matter what, and all the working mother must do is let go just a
The idea of taking children to day-care is unacceptable by a good number of people. They probably think this way, because daycare involves putting someone else in the ‘parenting’ picture; as far as spending time with, and caring for the child is concerned. However, this is not exactly negative. This is because day-care provides care for little children while their parents attend to other matters, such as attending school or working to earn a living. It is important for those people who discourage day care to realize that not all parents can afford to stay at home with their children all day, as much as they would like to. This is because they need to attend to other pressing matters. In the end, the child benefits from this as the living earned by the parent during this time, or even education earned during this time, will benefit the child in future.
Children from advantaged families attending child day care recorded a slight positive or negative effect intellectually. While children from what is considered economically disadvantaged families benefited from child day care centre attendances (Belsky & Steinberg). These children recorded higher score results on standard tests when compared to disadvantaged children who do not attend child day care. The child care experience seemed to reduce the low test scores usually associated with disadvantaged population. However standard tests used were considered not enough to predict intellectual development. The research stressed an importance for more research on the cognitive effects of child day care using observation in everyday situation not just standardised tests.