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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:09 AM Original message |
Parents pull kids from day care as money tightens |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. thats why i drive an hour or more to babysit my grandson |
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sugapablo (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Don't worry... |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Believe it or not, Nixon actually pushed for government-run daycare |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. right on! nt |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. Domino after domino after domino are falling. |
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Michigan-Arizona (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Finnfan I'm with you on this one |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You are very correct... Nt |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. You are right |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. I'm grateful for my job. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. This is an example of true "trickle-down" economics |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. I worry about those kids and their safety. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. "It takes a village" |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Oh--absolutely! That is EXACTLY what needs to happen. |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. I really think daycare (esp Head Start) is overrated. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The whole concept was created to give kids from disadvantaged homes what others already had |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I agreewith you. I have met some head start teachers in my travels. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. All these opinions |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I'm Middle Class now? |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. And exactly |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. dated a woman that volunteered and as a result met a few of the teachers. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Isn't that why kids go out and play with other kids? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Next step--put the kids in foster care? |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. My grandmother and two siblings |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. ah the return of the Latchkey kid |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I was a latchkey kid also... damn kids today with there supervised |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'll have to admit ... |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. It's funny you talk about crime. Statistically crime was much worse when I was a kid |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Hello! Gen X-er here |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Here Here.... though I did have an Intellivision... Here here. nt |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. whoa |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. I agree with those positive effects. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. I was born in 1986 and I was a latch-key kid |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. it's one of the reasons we decided not to do daycare. |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I know a LOT of people for whom working different shifts was - and is - |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. that's how it works for us. |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. We opted for a similar arrangement for the first couple years. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. These people will all be getting tax breaks soon |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. The silver lining in this recession is that parents won't be able to afford to over-protect |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. He may be avoiding CPS issues |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. That's actually similar to what he told me. |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. We had the "same" article in the paper recently |
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