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New childcare study shows that....

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ladbrokegrove · 02/10/2005 10:07

the under thress do best when looked after by their mums. Can't do links but it's front page Observer. I'll retreat without saying what I think about this one!

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ladbrokegrove · 02/10/2005 10:07

Under threes of course

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Tinker · 02/10/2005 10:10

Oh well, good job some of us don't have any choice about it so no need to angst.

LilacLotus · 02/10/2005 10:12

link

Caligula · 02/10/2005 10:17

It's amazing how many studies there are. Or is it all the same one being reported on again and again?

Will go and read the report now...

spidermama · 02/10/2005 10:19

Makes perfect sense to me.
(sprints very fast away from the computer)

Frizbe · 02/10/2005 10:26

It does say this in big letters on the headline, then halfway thru, also says actually not true for all kids, some do better with some nursery and childminders are best of all! but they do like to upset with headlines don't they!

suzywong · 02/10/2005 10:26

Ummmmmmmm
Spidermama's gonna make this thing kick off now

(I agree)

Nightynight · 02/10/2005 10:29

Great. So perhaps now we could see some government policies to do with cost of living and child benefit, that would mean that we could stay at home to look after said three-year-olds without having to sell our houses and move into rented ones and become part of an underclass on benefits?

expatinscotland · 02/10/2005 10:29

We really need a rolling eye icon here.

Has anyone ever bothered to do a study on the effect of fathers looking after their children?

tamum · 02/10/2005 10:34

I don't really get the logic of the part about childminders vs nursery- nursery is no good because in the 1 to 3 ratio at nursery one member of staff could be preparing lunch, so 1 to 3 with one childminder is better, presumably because they don't have to do anything like prepare lunch or go to the toilet? I'm not suggesting that nurseries are better or anything, just saying that the article makes no sense at that point.

edam · 02/10/2005 10:36

The implication that working mums are A Bad Thing is irritating. Would be useful if it informed government policy to support stay at home mums though.

But there is one positive thing - all these studies seem to show that mums are very important.

WideWebWitch · 02/10/2005 10:38

Survey shmurvey. I cannot for the life of me think why anyone pays any attention to these at all. Oh right, and Penelope Leach wrote it and it was based on 1,200 children. So it must be true! And quite, where tf are the mentions of fathers in all this?

Tinker · 02/10/2005 10:39

This bit is odd - " 'But love doesn't necessarily produce the best childcare. That takes planning and thinking about the child and his or her activities"

So, if a mother doesn't plan or organise etc then...

expatinscotland · 02/10/2005 10:41

Stay at home dads, anyone? . What a ground-breaking idea: MEN as carers and nurturers! Yes, it can and does happen!

philippat · 02/10/2005 10:41

I lost the plot with this one at: 'mothers should stay at home after childbirth'

Clearly there are unlimited funds for this sort of research, so I have a get proposal:

  • PAY a group of parents, both SAHM, SAHD and WOHM (any chance of finding a WOHD?) to post their experiences of looking after children on a live bulletin board... ooh look... it's mumsnet
Caligula · 02/10/2005 10:50

It's all over the place, this article

expatinscotland · 02/10/2005 10:51

Of course it is! Any opportunity the media can get to pander to outdated gender stereotypes and roles they'll pounce on.

hunkerpumpkin · 02/10/2005 10:54

Oh, crap.

We're meant to look after our children?

Why did nobody tell me?! So that's where I went wrong. I thought showing him the fridge and how the grill worked was enough...

harpsichordcarrier · 02/10/2005 10:54

disappointing, from the OBserver. would have expected better. wonder where to read the original report?

philippat · 02/10/2005 10:57

not only are you supposed to look after them, you're supposed to plan and organise their activities, never go to the toilet or cook lunch...

Mytwopenceworth · 02/10/2005 11:00

I'm sorry, but I truly believe the best person to be the main carer of a child (in terms of hours, input, influence) is the parents. I think that children should have at least one parent with them as much as possible, certainly in the early years.

Which is why I think it is so important that there should be enough help (including financial) and support avaiable to enable this to happen. Because I can't believe a parent would choose to work 12 hour days, rather than be with their child, if they didn't have to.

Caligula · 02/10/2005 11:01

Oh oh.

Mytwopenceworth · 02/10/2005 11:02

is that an oh oh at me caligula? are you warning me of impending doom? I know it's one of those views you are not allowed to have on here! But it's mine and I mean it!

Caligula · 02/10/2005 11:03

Prepare the trenches!

philippat · 02/10/2005 11:04

here you go HC results not there yet but sampling blurb

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