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Children’s Emotional Development Suffers When Mothers are Absent
Depends on the child
When the mother or father takes her or his child to daycare, what message does this send to the child? Some children will think it's just another day to spend with my friends having fun BUT other children may take it as abandonment. No matter if the parents are almost perfect and rear their children with love and affection, some children just have to have one of their parents with them during the day.
- GraceG
January 24, 2009 1:13PM
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My experience
I worked very briefly at a daycare. It was one of the most highly recommended facilities in a very affluent area. The workers were intelligent, attentive and kind. I had anticipated a general acceptance of their situation by the children , who were too young to know anything different, but what I encountered surprised me. Each morning most of the children cried either as their mother dropped them off or shortly after. Many of them lingered at the window watching long after their mom's car had disappeared out of sight. They did seem to get a second wind as the activities of the day began, but anytime there was an upset, the little ones were calling for their mommy. As the day wore on and the children became tired, they began looking longingly towards the windows again. As children began to leave, many of those left behind would cry when the arriving mother was not their own. It broke my heart. The entire day for the vast majority of these children revolved around the departure and return of their mom. She was always on their minds, and they missed her all day. I had thought that only one or two children would be profoundly affected by the separation, but it was nearly universal. There is no one like mom in a little one's life, and her absence is not unimportant.
- gracieallan
March 2, 2010 12:22AM
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