Some
parents think that childcare centres provide the best services for children of
pre-school age. Other working parents think that family members such as
grandparents will be better carers for their kids. Discuss both views and give
your opinion.
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I
am strongly of an opinion that better care of children can be taken by
grandparents or the other elderly members of the same family. The main reason
being, members of the same family give lot of personal attention, love and care
to the children which in the day care service is absent as day care service is
a commercial activity with large number of inmates.
Working
couple may put their wards in the day care service if no others in the family
are available. Putting children in the day care service and play schools has
become a status symbol also for the young couples.
It
is the home where child is born, felt the environment, opened the eyes and saw
the faces of mom, dad, grandparents and the siblings. When it grows up to
preschool level poor fellow is put into altogether a different environment with
absolutely strange people. The child here will be most unhappy on account of missing
the love and affection of the grandparents and company of siblings. It takes
its own minimum time for the child to adapt to the new place and people.
Furthermore
where commercial activity and money aspect is involved, malpractices and
neglect can’t be ruled out. Physical and mental abuse by such centres may
damage the true spirit of the infant.
In
summary, it is a proven fact that, newborn inherits the traits of grandparents
and parents. Hence growth and development of the child will be much more
superior with grandparents and siblings compared to Day Care Service.
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