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Essentially illegal in the US though, given school requirements.

dragonwriter 4y ago
No, its not. For one thing, schooling (even preschool) starts well after the target age for this.
rtkwe 4y ago
Decidedly not. There's plenty of meals given to kids outside of school to perform this intervention, it doesn't need to be in every meal on top of what other people have said about the timing.
bigbillheck 4y ago
How many kids do you think there are in schools who aren't eating solid foods yet?
- skrbjc 4y ago
  Many many people put their kids into daycare at 3 months of age since that’s all they get for maternity leave.
  - myko 4y ago
    In the US 25% of mothers are back at work within 2 weeks of childbirth (https://www.vox.com/2015/8/21/9188343/maternity-leave-united-states https://www.vox.com/2015/8/21/9188343/maternity-leave-united...). FMLA requires jobs to let mothers take time but does not require they be paid, and most folks are living paycheck to paycheck and need the money.
    - gus_massa 4y ago
      It's 25% of the all mothers or 25% of the mothers that were working before the birth?
      - boomboomsubban 4y ago
        It's a Department of Labor study, so presumably done on people already in the labor force. Doesn't change how terrible the stat is, even assuming 50% of mothers aren't in the labor pool that'd still be 12% of mothers back in work in under two weeks.
  - silversmith 4y ago
    I knew this before, as a fact like any other. Now that I've recently become a parent, it's... it's shocking. The idea of handing someone that young and helpless off to strangers raises a strong "NO!" reaction, right from the gut instead of the brain. In my neck of the woods we get 1.5 years maternity leave, and experiencing it myself I'm honestly not sure even that is enough.
    - gsinclair 4y ago
      Strong agree. My son is nine months old now and if we had to put him in day care tomorrow, I wouldn’t mind. It takes a village and all that. Happy to delay that a little while longer, though. But three months is just unthinkable.
  - jessaustin 4y ago
    A relevant book, coming out next week: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675683/poverty-by-america-by-matthew-desmond/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675683/poverty-by-a...
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No, its not. For one thing, schooling (even preschool) starts well after the target age for this.

Decidedly not. There's plenty of meals given to kids outside of school to perform this intervention, it doesn't need to be in every meal on top of what other people have said about the timing.

bigbillheck 4y ago

How many kids do you think there are in schools who aren't eating solid foods yet?

skrbjc 4y ago
Many many people put their kids into daycare at 3 months of age since that’s all they get for maternity leave.
- myko 4y ago
  In the US 25% of mothers are back at work within 2 weeks of childbirth (https://www.vox.com/2015/8/21/9188343/maternity-leave-united-states https://www.vox.com/2015/8/21/9188343/maternity-leave-united...). FMLA requires jobs to let mothers take time but does not require they be paid, and most folks are living paycheck to paycheck and need the money.
  - gus_massa 4y ago
    It's 25% of the all mothers or 25% of the mothers that were working before the birth?
    - boomboomsubban 4y ago
      It's a Department of Labor study, so presumably done on people already in the labor force. Doesn't change how terrible the stat is, even assuming 50% of mothers aren't in the labor pool that'd still be 12% of mothers back in work in under two weeks.
- silversmith 4y ago
  I knew this before, as a fact like any other. Now that I've recently become a parent, it's... it's shocking. The idea of handing someone that young and helpless off to strangers raises a strong "NO!" reaction, right from the gut instead of the brain. In my neck of the woods we get 1.5 years maternity leave, and experiencing it myself I'm honestly not sure even that is enough.
  - gsinclair 4y ago
    Strong agree. My son is nine months old now and if we had to put him in day care tomorrow, I wouldn’t mind. It takes a village and all that. Happy to delay that a little while longer, though. But three months is just unthinkable.
- jessaustin 4y ago
  A relevant book, coming out next week: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675683/poverty-by-america-by-matthew-desmond/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675683/poverty-by-a...

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