The Day Care Benefit
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You've heard all the nasty rumors about day care. Too many kids and too few caregivers. Lots of sneezing and wheezing. That little guy who's always grabbing your child's toy. Everyone's got a story. But you have to get back to work and you have no choice. What's a good parent to do?
Let's concentrate on the positive. There are plenty of benefits to sending your child to day care. If you consider some of these benefits, it will help you come to terms with your own decision, whether you have a choice or not. Once you understand, you'll feel you're helping your child grow into a well rounded, happy child instead of feeling guilty about sticking him in day care.
Babies need interaction with other children. It's never too early to start engaging your son in activities with other children, whether his own age, toddlers or older children. Learning to interact with other kids prepares your son for his first real school experience. Day care is a gentler environment, there are less rules and more flexibility than strict teachers may impose in school.
Children benefit from day care by learning self-control, how to get along with others, and how to share. They begin to learn all about friendship. Without day care, your daughter only knows you; you are her whole world. How scary would it be to get into school at age four or five and find out that Mom isn't there with her? Children benefit from day care by expanding their world to include people other than their parents.
Separation anxiety will be lessened (or not an issue at all) when your child enters school if she's been in day care. She's already used to being away from you for some time during the day. She's learned how to make new friends and can be content without your undivided attention. The transition from home to school is far less difficult for those who've experienced day care.
In addition to learning socialization skills, your son may also have the opportunity to learn some of the basics such as the alphabet and numbers, and he's always increasing his vocabulary. This pre-preschool learning environment gives your child an understanding of what will be expected of him once he enters kindergarten. He learns to sit and listen, and is able to accept the information that will be thrust upon him in school. He learns the value of teamwork and to respect the opinions and emotions of others. Entering school for the first time is challenging for all children, but those who have been in day care benefit by already having exposure to a classroom-like environment.
Once your daughter enters school, day care can help with homework. Some day care facilities even offer after-school extracurricular activities like scout meetings, dance class, martial arts and on-site gymnastics instruction. Once she is in school her horizons begin to broaden.
As you can see, there are many benefits to placing your child in a licensed, qualified day care situation. And remember that even though your child is away from you for a portion of his day, it is really the parents that make the most difference in his life.
When he gets home from day care after spending a long day away from you, he will be bursting to tell you all about his day. Ask him questions about his friends, his teachers, his subjects. He will share his day with you no matter what his age is, and getting him to vividly describe his day is exciting to a child especially if you show interest. Of course you're interested, aren't you? After all, this child, a mini version of yourself, is taking on the world one day at a time, and the choices and desires he has will be a direct reflection of you. Make the most of that opportunity while you can-children are only children once.
Karen Fusco
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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-09-08
Summary: "Please me once, please me twice."
I can count on one hand the movies that I have seen twice and enjoyed both times. And that takes in a period of 62 years of moviegoing. (since I was 12 tears old) That said, Crazy Heart is a rare film that goes beyond just being entertaining. It gives us; 1. A lesson in personal relationships 2. Plenty of good country music 3. A realistic and believable story line 4. A lack of tried and true Hollywood cliques.
See it once, see it twice. (The second time is even more revealing)
Inthepeanutgallery
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-09-07
Summary: "Jeff Bridges at his best,his performance seemed to be modeled on Waylon Jennings"
This review is for the movie only..(before anyone gets on my
case about the product please read why at the end of the review..)
I really liked this movie because Jeff Bridges(Bad Blake) is one of the
best actors around today,he actually sings the music and was appealing
and convincing as a country music artist that descended from
playing large venues to performing in bowling Alley Alleys and dives
Colin Farrell as Tommy Sweet(Bad Blake's protege)were surpisingly good.
It was interesting to me that his character Bad Blake
resembled the way Waylon Jennings performed,dressed like him
and even looked liked Waylon in some scenes. Bad Blake's attitude
reminded me of Waylon(one of the original bad boy Outlaws)
and some scenes Bad Blake made me laugh.Jeff Bridges is so talented
I wish he would do a movie about Waylon Jennings,
This was a good character study about how alcohol deminishes a performers
talent, how it affects the people that love him,and finds that
he is older but not wiser,and hasn't treated people fairly.
I usually wait till they finish all the different types of dvd
releases,widescreen no details,Blu Ray, Extended version etc.
I bought the soundtrack,and I will buy the movie,it is entertaining.
This is a movie better suited for adults.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-09-07
Summary: "alcohol and country music"
I love Jeff Bridges movies, he is always up for it, and this one is no exception, Maggie Gyllenhaal is unfortunately a bit too fake for my taste. While the music and acting of Jeff Bridges are superb, the scenario stresses alcohol and cigarettes and that causes a big turn-off on my part. I think that part could have been downplayed so that we could enjoy more of Jeff Bridges innuendos, like having a sore ass after driving for ten hours straight. I got the movie because jeff Bridges won an oscar, but getting an oscar in a movie does not guarantee it will be a great movie. I could make the same comment on the Hurt Locker, where Kathryn Bigelow won an oscar for directing, but where the movie itself is a basic flop.
Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-09-05
Summary: "Mumbling towards ecstasy"
Be prepared to either keep the subtitles on or crank the volume to 50 as Bad Blake requires frequent translation and or amplification. Bridges is indeed fantastic as Bad though unfortunately this is not good enough to rescue a self-consciously-formulaic product that believes itself to be compelling art. There are some honest notes--a couple good songs though several of them have hooks too close to well-known hits. If you're in the mood for a down and almost out former star against the odds movie then I must give the edge to 'The Wrestler'.
And with zero special features it's a bit hard to recommend anything other than a rental or borrow.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-30
Summary: "bad is GOOD, poe-ple!!"
For those who think why Maggie G would let a alcoholic in charge of a kid, rmember that not all alcoholics are the same. This isnt Leaving Las Vegas!! Bad Blake is a highly functioning alcoholic, whoc an drink, but still exist in society, like Ted Kennedy or Temple Grandin.