Negative Affects of Child Day Care

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Negative Affects of Child Day Care
Presented By Shannon Evans
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Key Points

• Introduction
• Physical Dangers
• Love and attention deprivation
• Affects on children in life after day care
• Results of NICHD
• Conclusion

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Quick Facts

• Of 12 million infant/toddlers in Americamore
  than ½ attend day care.
• Majority of those spend and avg. of 40 hours a
  week
• From 1960 to 1998 the percent of children
  living with both parents dropped from 88 to 68.
• 1999 survey-study by Princeton revealed 75 of
  population agreed Too many children are being
  raised in daycare centers these days.

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God, how come some kids dont have anyone at
home to help them with their homework and fix
them supper and make them go to bed at 8 oclock?
Please help these kids, and help me and others
to help them, too. Amen. -Graham, 9 yrs.
old. God, how come mommy and daddy dont
play house with me? Daddys always gone and mommy
is always hurrying places. Why, cant I be like
the other kids and have mommys and daddys that
want to be with me and play with me? Help me,
God. Amen - Alyssa, 7 years old.
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Physical Dangers

• Unsanitary and contain bacteria
• -allergy particles
• -colds
• -disease
• Small objects

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Love and Attention Deprivation

• Limited attention
• Turnover rate
• Segregation of mother and child
• - 6 reactions when the mother is not around
• Depression
• Agitation/Distress
• Rejection
• Apathy
• Regression
• Clinging

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Affects Short Term

• Social Behavior
• Physical, Emotional and Cognitive Development

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Affects Long Term

• Child-Parent relation weakened
• Lack of respect
• Disobedience
• Trust factor
• 26 have serious behavior problems at the
  kindergarten age.

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NICHD
National Institute of Child Health and Development

• NICHD is an ongoing 100 million survey of 1,300
  children ages 4.5-6
• Largest, most rigorous examination of day care in
  history
• Accounted for family income and quality of day
  care.
• Showed high percentage of children showed
  abnormal highs of aggression and bullying
  tendencies (30 hrs. or more).

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Summary

• Studies have shown there is a positive
  correlation in the increase of time spent in day
  care and aggressive behaviors exhibited.
• Day care puts risks on children like physical
  dangers, deprivation, and many negative affects.
• Studies have shown us statistics and results of
  negative affects that could possibly harm the
  outcome of our children.

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So ask yourself is money and your career more
important than the crucial outcome of your
children?
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Sources

• Articles
• Whats the Problem With Day Care? Karl
  Zinsmeister
• Truth about Daycare Noureyah Mulhy
• Websites
• http//asu.edu/educ/epsl/EPRU/documents/EPRU20200
  2-101/chapter2001-barnett.final.htm
• http//www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/2010/hom
  e.html
• Christianity Today. Editorial Raising a Wild
  Child.
• Magazine
• USA Today. Feb 15, 2002.