June 2001 Vol.4, No. 5

Contents New Proposal for Europe's Future by Paul Kieffer All the News That Fits-Into One Minute by Melvin Rhodes Day Care Debate: More Than Aggressive Babies by Cecil E. Maranville In Brief...World News Review by Cecil E. Maranville, Darris McNeely and John Ross Schroeder This is the Way...Dancing With Death by Robin Webber Day Care Debate: More Than Aggressive Babies Debate rages over a government study that suggests day care causes aggressive behavior in children. Cries for using less day care are challenged with equal passion by defenders of its perceived value. Sadly, personal opinion and economics have obscured the most important value of all. by Cecil E.Maranville A study released by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in late April found that children who spend more than 30 hours a week in day care at an early age tend to be more aggressive, especially toward their peers. The study also found that these children were more fearful, shy and sad. (The U.S. national average for the amount of time spent by a child in day care is 26 hours per week.) The study was widely reported and editorialized about, as people seized upon the possibility that a cause for youthful anger and bullying had been found. Why do people put so much stock in this study? U.S. parents are understandably distressed about the level of violence in schools, in light of the killings of the past few years. The study of bullying has become somewhat of a catharsis, in the hope that discovering and dealing with the cause of bullying will lead to safer schools for everyone. The NICHD study appears to offer at least a potential cause for "aggressiveness" and therefore a direction for taking action. Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0106/daycare.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "Day Care Debate: More Than Aggressive Babies" Other Articles by Cecil Maranville Parenting children - failure: _Wanted - Parents Who Show Their Children How to Live _From Father Knows Best to "No Father Is Best:" _The Politics of Education: "It's Not the Money, Stupid! _World News Review Jul 2001 _SMBC and Disposable Fathers _World News Review Sep/Oct 2001 _The Mothers of 2015 _World News Review May 2005 _Our Children: Gifts of God in a Hostile Environment _The Epidemic of Missing Fathers _Measuring Influence on Our Children _Introduction (FM) _How Should We Treat Parents Who Are Difficult to Honor? _Youth Violence: Who's to Blame? _From Father Knows Best to 'No Father is Best' _A Dramatic Shift in American Society _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - May/Jun 2001 _Values Turned Upside Down in a Generation's Time _Does Marriage Matter? _Illicit Sex: The Threat to Children _World News and Trends - Nov/Dec 2003 _World News and Trends - May/Jun 2004 _What Will Tomorrow's Mothers Be Like? _Children Are a Blessing, Not an Inconvenience _What Happens When Fathers Are Not Around? _What Happened to Dad? _What Does It Take to Be a Successful Single Parent? _Hope and Help for Children of Divorce _The Day Care Dilemma _In the News Jul/Sep 2004 _Lessons from Jonesboro - Helping Our Children Express Their Feelings _The Foster Child _Wanted: Morality _The Politics of Education -- "It's Not the Money, Stupid!" _Youth Violence: Where Does the Blame Lie? _Children of Divorce Aren't Doomed to Failure _"Father, Please Heal My Broken Heart" _Lessons Learned From King David's Family _Our Children at Risk _Whatever Happened to Childhood? Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site