As more working parents entrust their infants to daycare, some researchers are warning that daycare at too early an age may psychologically harm a child.” ~The Wall Street Journal
Studies show toddlers in daycare to be insecure, more anxious, aggressive, hyperactive, and more likely to cry and misbehave at ages nine and ten.
Contrary to popular belief, getting sick in daycare does NOT help kids build up their immunities*!
“The typical daycare center…spreads far more infection and communicable disease than the county jail.” Science Shams & Bible Bloopers by David Mills, ©2000, p 165-166
“This is not surprising: (Day care) exposes babies and toddlers to large numbers of biological strangers, many of whom are not toilet trained and who drool, making day care a breeding ground for infectious disease.” Day Careless, by Maggie Gallagher,a Nationl Review, 26-Jan-1998
Even worse, “…An epidemiologist termed day care centers ‘the open sewers of the twentieth century’.” Day Care Deception, by Brian C. Robertson, ©2003, p 87
Finally, “…the risks posed to infant and child health by day care are not going away.
…antibiotics are a fading asset; virulent new strains of disease resistant to these drugs now find their way into the (childcare) centers.”
“The Fractured Dream of Social Parenting” by Alan C. Carlson, Family Policy Review, ©2003
There’s a horrible litany of “Daycare-Related Illnesses” (DCRIs), as they are called… The War Against the Family by William D. Gairdner, ©1992, p342
Children attending day care are very good at sharing a number of bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections with each other. Day care is an ideal environment for the spread of disease among children, because: the children move about and interact with other, their personal hygiene is less than ideal, their ability to control their bodily secretions and excretions is poor, and their immune systems are not yet fully developed. Pediatric Dental Health website, by Dr. Daniel Ravel, DDS
“Daycare centers are cesspools of germs. They combine the worst of the respiratory infections that school-age children contract with gastrointestinal infections spread by younger kids, especially those not potty trained.” Harley A. Rotbart, M. D., a professor of pediatrics and microbiology at the University of Colorado and the author of Germ Proof Your Kids
Since daycares are like petri dishes for germs, it is no wonder that many doctors’ new patient information forms now ask, “Does the patient attend daycare”? Not too many years ago, these forms only used to ask about tobacco and alcohol use…
*Early exposure to germs and other organisms does cause more symptoms early in a child’s life, but without a counterbalancing health benefit later on, as was previously believed…
“Day Care May Not Shield Kids From Asthma, Allergies” (Study debunks ‘hygiene hypothesis’ that early exposures boost immune response)
Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter for U.S. News & World Report, 9-Sep 2009
(This is not meant to be an all-inclusive list. It only contains diseases referenced elsewhere on this website. For more information on a specific illness, type the name of the disease into the website’s SEARCH function.) Disclaimer: Medical information is not medical advice. Only a doctor can provide you with medical advice
http://www.daycaresdontcare.org/Disease/daycare_diseases.htm
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