In Edward Zigler’s testimony, Early Education. He states that literacy involves the alphabet, phonemes, and other word skills. Literacy begins at age four, they begin to understand everything at the age of 4. “A child’s curiosity and belief that he or she can succeed are just as important as reading like knowing the alphabet” Zigler said. Also the children do not learn when they suffer from hunger, abuse or a sense of fear. The child is too worried about being abused or wondering where are they going to find their next meal than learning how to count or how to say the alphabet and learn to read just the basic(“Early E

Most of the workers are trained, there fore there can be physical, intellectual, emotional and mental damage done to the children when there is not very good child care happening. If a child does not get the proper care as a child this could affect them for the rest of there life. From the interview with Ann Pleshette Murphy she implies that daycare centers have many safety hazards. In the interview she states that 31,000 children under age 4 were treated in emergency room for injuries in day cares in one year. Also, 13 million out of 21 million under age 6 children are in daycare, just 29% of those are professional daycare centers and 71% are private arrangements, for instance a friend, a family member, a neighbor, etc (“Daycare Center: Advantages and Disadvantages”).

In the Children Allergies report, children in daycare at age 1 had lower levels of allergy associated antibodies in their blood at age 2 than stay-at-home children (Gay 15). The daycare attendance didn’t appear to increase or decrease the risk of asthma at age 4. Children with respiratory tract infections at age 1 were more likely to have wheezing at age 2 or 3, but none increased risk at age 4. The protective effect of daycare in early life against allergies in older begins by age 2 (Gay 16).

Another alterative is that some mother could form there own at-home daycare. For instance there could be 4 mothers that have 2 children each. On one day one of the mothers could watch all of the children and then on the next day another mother could

There are many disadvantages when considering daycare. The parents have to pay for a late fee, when they are late picking there children up. The parents need to find an alternative when the daycare is closed on holidays or weather issues. The mother or father or an alternative source has to stay home when the child is sick, a child cannot go to daycare when they are sick because they can infect the other children with

there sickness or virus (“Daycare Centers: Advantages and Disadvantages”).

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