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great expectations of exuberant and excited kids need to be encouraged
by attentive adults. A child's special plans or ideas don't always keep on
hold until after dinner. And, too, our raucous eight-year old son is never
more attentive and loving than when he is with his great-grandmother.
She, in turn, cherishes the time with him as she would a special gift.
Because over 50% of mothers work and many grandparents cannot
remain at home all day without assistance, the time for wouldn't-it-be-
nice-if kind of talk has clearly passed. Broader social issues are really
the roots here. Why are we segregating these two groups in the first
place? Our elderly are feeling they are being shuffled off to homes, and
young people are growing up without the benefit of elderly role models.
This is a society where most mothers work and most children don't live
close to grandparents. Dual day-care is a simple, loving solution to this
separation of the generations.
A Musty Room
As a former day-care administrator I have seen 30 children mobbing a
teacher and clamoring for attention-praise for a project, a kiss for a hurt
or applause for their ability to count all the way to 10.
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