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To: edamo who wrote (96386)	4/19/2001 4:33:13 PM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 436258

<just average hard working ethnic types that have succeeded, at the least in their minds, and really don't complain about their life.....> Good spiritual types... doesn't mean they're better off than their equivalent 20 years ago... and don't get me wrong... I'm a LOT better off...luckily for me I'm skewing the averages. My whole point is that there are many factors in the statement "better off" that are not measured in any government economic statistics. The data on many different effects on kids of "working moms" isn't denied by anyone thinking straight anymore... it's bee "proven" for those that like to wait for 'scientific proof'... so how do you measure that? Here's one just today in the Arizona Republic: Day care tied to aggression Kids' defiance of teachers found in study USA Today April 19, 2001 The more hours that children spend in day care before starting school, the more aggressive they are with classmates and defiant toward teachers in kindergarten, a large federal study out today says. The finding holds up no matter what type of non-maternal care kids receive, including in-home care by a nanny. The most thorough research to date on how early care affects kids followed 1,364 of them from early infancy in 10 U.S. cities. Average time in day care: 26 hours a week. Misbehavior doesn't start after any specific number of hours in child care, says Jay Belsky, a University of London psychologist and study author. Instead, it's a simple equation: "As time in day care goes up, so do problem behaviors." The findings "don't mean these children are going to get guns and blow people's heads off," Belsky says. Effects of day care are modest, "but the fact that so many may be affected makes this important." About 65 percent of mothers and 96 percent of fathers with kids under 6 work. High-quality care did promote better cognitive ability, and day-care centers overall provided more stimulating programs than did caregivers in homes. "This underscores the need for more family-friendly policies by business," says Meg Lewis-Sidime of 9to5, National Association of Working Women. DAK