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Tuesday, September 03, 2002Among the results was a potent trend: When they entered kindergarten, children who spent more time in day care demanded more attention, argued more, lied and cheated more, disrupted classrooms more, and were more likely to hit others, although all those behaviors fell within the normal range. The update supported similar data released 15 months ago. Fifteen months ago, the psychologsits participating in the study had a tift with one another about how to interpret the results, which means the trends they see probably aren't all that "potent". One psychologist, in particular was abrasive, and apparently still is: ''I grew up in a high-conflict family,'' Belsky said in a phone interview from England, where he teaches at the University of London. ''One of the things I learned is that you avoid conflict at your peril. Because we have struggled through our differences of opinion ... we could have this blow-up and I could be this disgusted and we can still go on. I have to tell you, after what I've seen, there are colleagues whose intellect I don't respect, whose intellect and scientific judgment could fit on the head of a pin.'' He would not reveal whom he was referring to. ''We agreed not to name-call,'' he said. Evidently Dr. Belsky spent a lot of hours in daycare. posted by Sydney on 9/03/2002 06:36:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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