But a researcher involved in the study and some northern Nevada child-care experts this week urged parents not to overreact. They suggested the best response would be a nationwide push for improved child-care options. It s important that this study be put in the right perspective, said Jane Hogue, Early HeadStart coordinator for the University of Nevada, Reno s Child and Family Research Center. This is not the first time we ve heard this, but through this I would hope that the quality of child care would be sought out as aggressively as the study. Some parents said they don t have the luxury of changing their lives anyway, regardless of what the experts say.
Child care is their only option if they want to make ends meet.
This will tap right into parents guilt it will feed the appetite of those who think child care is a bad idea in the first place, said Faith Wohl, president of the New York-based Child Care Action Campaign. There s no other choice, and his daughter is doing fairly well, he said. I d certainly rather be able to stay with her during the day, but it comes down to what you can afford, Wiggins said. Researchers also found that children spending more than 30 hours a week in child care were almost three times as likely to exhibit aggression, disobedience and defiance as those in day care less than 10 hours a week. If it s on child care alone, then I have to say that s hogwash.