The Effect Of Paid Child Care On Infants To Age Fi

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The Effects of Paid Child Care on Infants to Age Five When parents of young children have full time jobs, travel constantly, live far from relatives, or just do not have enough time to give their undivided attention to their child or children, the best looking option is to pay a trained care taker to watch and teach their child/ children what they do not have time to do. This care taker may come to their home to work so that the child is developing in his own environment, or the child may be taken to a daycare center to interact with other children where the ratio of trainers to kids is 1:5. The effects that paid child care has on children ages 0-5 have been researched for over twenty years. There have been positive and negative effects that have been found dealing with children’s health, cognitive capacity, adjustment, and social relationships. Of all the research found on the internet, the most common effect was that children who had a care taker showed more aggression then children who were primarily taken care of by their parents. The typical nanny works as a full time job. That means that they charge a full, 40 hour week and will do so for a year (per a typical contract). A nanny that makes $9-$12 an hour would cost at least $400/week, which means it can get costly. Because of this, they are typically only used for desperate cases (or rich families).Desperate cases refer to any number of things, but typically are for families where the parents do not have the chance to see their kids all the time. The parents either works long hours, they both work during the times when the kids are home, or what have you. They are needed for anytime where the kids would need long-term supervision while the parents are unable to give it. It is because of this that a nanny will always have an effect on a family. That effect could be that the children will always have
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