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• They Say: Moms, It's Still Your Fault. Well, Yours and Daycare

  Worried that putting your kid in childcare will make her sick, dumb and mean? Add this to the pile of negatives: a new study claims to show early years spent in center-based daycare leads to stressed out life in the early teens. Wait, wait. You pay extra for the high-quality, extra-certified, Italian-named, fun, fun, loving and fun daycare? Too bad. Doesn't matter. You farmed out the kid. She pays the price as a teen. So is this good news for moms who stay home? Not exactly.   Read More... Posted May 20 2009, 05:04 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 37 comment(s) Filed under: childcare, they say, upi, cortisol, insensitive mothers, stressed teens, effects of childcare, it's mom's fault

• Childcare Relationships and Bickering Parents Affect Kids' Stress Hormones

  It seems self-evident that kids with poor childcare relationships or parents who frequently fight are more stressed than other kids. But now two new studies have established this common sense theory from a biological standpoint, by monitoring the levels of cortisol (the human stress hormone) in preschoolers and 6-year-olds. As parents across the country struggle to afford high quality childcare and to maintain a stable home environment, these studies are unfortunately quite applicable to these trying economic times. Read More... Posted Nov 19 2008, 05:30 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with no comments Filed under: children, kids, preschool, divorce, fighting, stress, teachers, childcare, babysitters, finances, study, expensive, relationships, caregivers, class size, economy, health problems, day care, poor, cost, good, financial crisis, economic crisis, fighting parents, paying the bills, affordable, child care relationships, high qualiy child care, cortisol, psychological problems, paying for childare, parentings, bickering, stressful home life