They want comfort, nurturing, direction. They want you to make choices for them. That's what parents do. While he's not so crazy about Brazleton, Berkowitz does like Penelope Leach. Like anybody else, there are things I disagree with her about, like her strong stance against daycare.
Studies show that good daycare is very good for children, there's just very little of it.
Berkowitz points to the daycare centers affiliated with Yale. Berkowitz doesn't think so. The important factors in preschool are the social and nurturing elements. Sedlis says that this rush to academics is particularly a problem in New York City, where she lives and practices. Children begin to apply to nursery schools at the age of one or two.