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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
To-MAY-to, To-MAH-to. Okay, you said in post 16 that you believe there is a direct correlation between fat, disrespectful and socially maladjusted kids and daycare. Is *THAT* accurate?
If so, I want to see some kind of study that backs that up.
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No, it's not ToMAYto ToMAHto, there is a large difference, although I'd understand why you'd ignore it.
http://www.econ.ubc.ca/kevinmil/rese...2005.final.pdf
Here's a start, first study I found on the topic. Actually the second, the first linked child care to increased risk to cancer, which tells me like most things you'll find studies that will say almost anything.
I just go on my own interaction with hundreds and hundreds of kids and noting both the shift in overall behavior AND in particular those that have dedicated full time parents.
It's a long read but the summary at the front says:
The introduction of universal, highly-subsidized childcare in Quebec in the late 1990s provides an opportunity to address these issues. We carefully analyze the impacts of Quebec’s “$5 per day childcare” program on childcare utilization, labor supply, and child (and parent) outcomes in two parent families. We find strong evidence of a shift into new childcare use, although approximately one third of the newly reported use appears to come from women who previously worked and had informal arrangements. The labor supply impact is highly significant, and our measured elasticity of 0.236 is slightly smaller than previous credible estimates. Finally, we uncover striking evidence that children are worse off in a variety of behavioral and health dimensions, ranging from aggression to motor-social skills to illness. Our analysis also suggests that the new childcare program led to more hostile, less consistent parenting, worse parental health, and lower-quality parental relationships.