TVs Common in Daycare Centers, Flouting Guidelines

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This also applies to after school care programs. When I was doing child care, my goal was to give them a childhood as close to my old-fashioned one where we played outside, put on plays, and made stuff from scrap paper and modeling clay. I only allowed TV on half-days of school, when the kids were at the center so long that we needed a "nap time", but the kids were too old for naps. I used watching a movie and eating pop corn as a reward or special event.
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Paula Hrbacek of FL 8:28AM May 11, 2011

I have a feeling this study was rushed out to break before the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) issues its thoughtful, specific, contextual and research-supported (unlike the AAP's) new statement on technology in early learning settings.
Certainly there are abuses of media in day care, but those should be addressed specifically, not by a Marxist (Groucho) "whatever it is, I'm against it" blanket.
NAEYC is taking final comment on its draft: http://www.naeyc.org/positionstatements/technology

Kidvidkid of IL 12:34PM May 03, 2011