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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay- I'll feed the troll.

My kids have learned things in daycare that I never could have taught them as a SAHM. My control cases are my neices and nephews; other SAHM.

My kids accept diversity without question. Their caregivers and classmates are from all over the world and my kids have never asked me why so and so's skin is darker than their's. They don't care because they have grown up with people who don't look like them. They have been hugged and loved and cared for by people who are different. They do not fear difference in the world- they approach others with openness and curiosity, not fear.

My kids have learned independence. They have learned to navigate the world without Mommy and Daddy at their side. They have learned that other people can love you and take care of you, other than their parents.

My kids have learned to interact with their peers. They have learned to negociate disagreements. They don't just run to Mom or Dad to protest or negociate for them. My kids have learned how to handle disputes with their words.

Unless you are an arts and crafts whiz and a former teachers, they have been exposed to a richness of diverse opportunities to learn; express themselves through art and music. They were ready for school much before the kids of SAHMs. They understand routine and classroom management. They went to kindergarden writing, reading and doing math because they had learned so much. They accepted structure. 
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So you talk about your "control" group -- what's the sample size? This is not really a study. All WOHMs are motivated to see things this way, just as SAHMs are motivated to see a different picture.[/quote]

Really, so what have you observed about children that attended daycare?  What's the picture you see?  I'm not the PP you quoted, but this parent is talking from her own experience.  Her kids obviously thrived in daycare.  Most kids do.  There is do data out there suggesting that they don't.  So what is your point?  I'm not going to say one option is better than the other, like this poster above might believe, because I think either choice is valid.  I am so so so sick of parents on either side of the debate tearing other families' choices down.  [/quote]

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