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You need proof that a child growing up with quality care and a quality social/cultural environment is more likely to be able to function and "succeed" in life a
by smtddr 11y ago
You need proof that a child growing up with quality care and a quality social/cultural environment is more likely to be able to function and "succeed" in life as an adult?
- protomyth 11y agoI need proof when someone says "growing body of research".
- moonchrome 11y agoYes - I've seen studies that show things like "quality education" don't really hold up under close inspection (for eg. when you control for student performance before college difference between elite colleges and standard ones disappears). I would be interested how research defines this "high quality social/cultural environments" and how it controls for factors such as genetics, family cultural and financial background, etc. Separated twin studies would probably be ideal (but I'm not an expert in the field).
- d2xdy2 11y agoI agree; I'd like to see some long-term information on this.
- Eridrus 11y agoIt's not readily apparent that increasing the amount of children per staff member will significantly impact a child's ability to "succeed" in life as an adult. I'm not sure how we expect a 1:6 ratio to be "cheap", even before factoring in costs like real estate.
- protomyth 11y agoFor Head Start the staffing has a safety component. Think how many staff needed to get various ages out of a burning building.
- Eridrus 11y agoSeems like a pretty weak reason to keep permanent staff unless fires are common. It's as if there is absolutely no-one else around who could help in an emergency except people paid to be there full time.
- protomyth 11y agoTelling a parent their kid burnt up because you didn't have the staff is not a weak reason. Safety is a component of staffing guidelines and not the only reason.