Posted by Bible Probe on November 10, 2005 at 15:07:45:
Study: Preschool harms
children's development
Homeschool group uses Berkeley research to encourage parents to keep kids at home
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Posted: November 10, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Ron Strom
A new study on the effects of preschool on children, which finds attendance harms kids' emotional and social development, is being used by a homeschool organization to help encourage parents to educate their children at home.
The study, conducted at UC Berkeley, found that while youngsters gained cognitive abilities via the preschool experience, behavioral problems also increased – especially among kids from wealthy families.
"The biggest eye-opener is that the suppression of social and emotional development, stemming from long hours in preschool, is felt most strongly by children from better-off families," said UC Berkeley sociologist and study co-author Bruce Fuller.
On average, the report finds that the earlier a child enters a preschool center, the slower his or her pace of social development, while cognitive skills in pre-reading and math are stronger when children first enter a preschool program between the ages of 2 and 3.
"Our results for the intensity of attending a center program – measured in hours per week and months per year – are worrisome, while varying across different types of families and children," the report says.
The study found that children who attended preschool at least 15 hours a week displayed more negative social behaviors when compared with their stay-at-home peers.
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