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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If so many children are being cared for by non-English speaking caregivers, then why isn't there a crisis in the DC area of American-born children entering kindergarten with broken English skills?

I don't think all those ESOL classes are full of daycare kids.

Wow, it's amazing how far some people will go in claiming daycare is awful in order to justify their own choice in how to raise their children.  If you are so pleased as punch with yourselves for being SAHM then just be happy with that.  Why are you trying so very hard to prove your way is better?

Plenty of SAHMs are well adjusted, educated, and secure in their life choices.  But wow ... some literally have nothing going for them so their entire identity is wrapped up in SAH.  My guess is that these are the SAHMs who cannot find a job that will cover the cost of quality childcare or who have absentee spouses so they are default single parents.  I feel sorry for your children that your entire self esteem is wrapped up in being a "better" parent than everyone else.  The same goes for working moms who get their self esteem from their career and tell SAHMs they are worthless.

To all you normal moms, this post isn't about you.  Most of us also have identities (hobbies, possibly careers, volunteer activities, loving marriages, etc.) and don't need to resort to shaming other moms to feel good about ourselves.  I wish we could start our own forum and kick out the zealots.[/quote]
You think all these kids now in speech therapy suddenly got their parents bad genes? Okay.

Hello. There IS a crisis. It's politely called "special needs." Speech therapy galore.[/quote]

Funny how I know SAHMs whose kids have speech and language issues.  What can they blame it on if these problems are allegedly caused by childcare?  Also, the child mind is much more adept at picking up differences and adapting to hearing multiple languages.  I have never seen a single study claim children being exposed to multiple languages are somehow harmed. In fact the opposite is quite true.[/quote]
I don't care WHO is supposed to be doing the care, but POOR quality care usually has POOR quality results. 
Agree?[/quote]

Wow, so are you saying that a speech impediment must be the result of your caregiver's language skills?  Do you even know what you're talking about?    FWIW, my cousin had a speech impediment when he was little.  My aunt is, of all things, a speech therapist herself., and caught it pretty early.  But surely, she did not cause the issue.  My DH had one as a kid too- and I can assure you he had a very caring SAHM.

You are so ignorant it's frightening.[/quote][/quote]
Sorry about my misplaced comment above.[/quote]

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