Child guru says nurseries harm small children

The Sunday Times ^ | February 12, 2006 | Sian Griffiths

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The Sunday Times - Britain

The Sunday Times February 12, 2006

Child guru says nurseries harm small children Sian Griffiths ONE of the world’s most popular parenting gurus is to warn that placing children younger than three in nurseries risks damaging their development.

Steve Biddulph, whose books have sold more than 4m copies worldwide, says that instead of subsidising nurseries, which do a “second-rate” job, the government should put in place policies to enable mothers to stay at home with their babies.

The advice signals a reversal of views for Biddulph, an Australian with more than 20 years’ experience as a therapist, whose previous bestsellers include Raising Boys and Raising Girls.

In his new book Biddulph will admit he has changed his mind because of growing evidence of increased aggression, antisocial behaviour and other problems among children who have spent a large part of their infancy being cared for away from home.

He argues that such children may have problems developing close relationships later.

[usmom]

You know exactly what I meant/
You have no idea how my wife works,

Alrighty, then. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[dinoparty]

You are welcome, Ms. Yates.

[dinoparty]

That's clever, or at least it would have been if it had made any sense at all.

[papertyger]

That's clever, or at least it would have been if it had made any sense at all.

What part didn't you understand, Mr. Gurley-Brown?

[zip]

Force women to either (A) not have babies they can't afford to raise by themselves, or (B) marry a stable man who will support them

Excellent comment. It's very basic, intelligent reasoning. I've seen so many babies whose parents can't afford them so they whine about the gov'ment not doing enough for the poor and how the "establishment" wants to get rid of the poor people. Well DUH. As to (B) if hormones dictate who marries (or as it is now, has children out of wedlock) then there isn't much hope for a stable marriage.

I get so tired of hearing how the gov'ment won't take care of the "poor" and whining about white males having everything handed to them. I worked 40 hours a week to go to 3 years of college and finished by using the GI Bill for education. No one gave me anything. So maybe I'm cold hearted but everyone starts out the same, it's just some people work.