That is interesting; I had never thought that daycares would use TV as a source of entertainment, but after reading the article, it states, "on an average day, home-based programs showed about 1.6 hours to toddlers, compared with 0.1 hours for center-based programs, and 2.4 hours to preschool children compared with 0.4 hours."
I would love to hear from parents with children in home-based programs, to see if they feel this is accurate? The preschools we are looking into for my son provide a daily schedule of what the activities are, and there really isn't time for TV (and, there are no TVs in the room...perhaps an important item to look for when doing a tour of the facility). The article did not state if these daycare programs are all-day, but I assume they are (my son's preschool would just be 9am-1pm two days-a-week, so it is a really short amount of time).
I wonder if there is a piece of the puzzle that was not discussed, as the home-based daycares reported much more TV watching. Other factors could be that the toddlers and preschoolers are in the home-based program for longer hours than a center-based program, and that could explain why there is a few hours of TV? I understand that TV is not a good activity for children, but were the kids watching an educational show for 20 minutes while the caregivers made lunches...is there a "good reason" for the TV viewing?
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That is interesting; I had never thought that daycares would use TV as a source of entertainment, but after reading the article, it states, "on an average day, home-based programs showed about 1.6 hours to toddlers, compared with 0.1 hours for center-based programs, and 2.4 hours to preschool children compared with 0.4 hours."
I would love to hear from parents with children in home-based programs, to see if they feel this is accurate? The preschools we are looking into for my son provide a daily schedule of what the activities are, and there really isn't time for TV (and, there are no TVs in the room...perhaps an important item to look for when doing a tour of the facility). The article did not state if these daycare programs are all-day, but I assume they are (my son's preschool would just be 9am-1pm two days-a-week, so it is a really short amount of time).
I wonder if there is a piece of the puzzle that was not discussed, as the home-based daycares reported much more TV watching. Other factors could be that the toddlers and preschoolers are in the home-based program for longer hours than a center-based program, and that could explain why there is a few hours of TV? I understand that TV is not a good activity for children, but were the kids watching an educational show for 20 minutes while the caregivers made lunches...is there a "good reason" for the TV viewing?
November 29, 2009 - 9:30pmThis Comment
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