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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They may be getting a preschool "education" (probably more harm than good at this age—as studies on universal Prek show) but they are much less likely to get the same preschool experience—the small, steady cohort. The naps and meals at home, the teachers who truly chose this path. Do you really not see the difference?

Of course all children deserve the best early years experience. It has nothing to do with SES: If you care about children, stop pretending their developing nervous systems are adapted to 10 hours a day of institutional care—even with the kindest teachers you can hire. I am a feminist but that shouldn't require me to be in denial of child development. Feminists' goals should be to improve daycare and allow much, much more flexibility and job security when kids are 0-3.[/quote]

You aren’t a feminist. What you are is ignorant, and also you are going to be an absolutely terrible parent to older teens. [/quote]

Dp.  She is right.  There is research that shows long lasting detrimental affects of institutional care, especially with increased time and at younger ages.  
  
We are not doing women a service by ignoring or hiding that.  A feminist position would be to support mothers and fathers who take leave between ages 0-3 with both job flexibility and return job security.  We actually do this with military or detail assignments all the time, it is entirely possible.  We as a society have to value child rearing as much as we do going to war.

https://criticalscience.medium.com/on-the-science-of-daycare-4d1ab4c2efb4#:~:text=Children%20spending%20long%20hours%20in,negative%20effect%20on%20later%20behavior.
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