Comments on: Head Start seeks bail-out http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/head-start-seeks-bail-out/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike from Oregon http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/head-start-seeks-bail-out/#comment-42808 Mike from Oregon Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:17:20 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7056#comment-42808 From barrackobama.com (I think it's what his presidential candidate website turned into) - "Obama and Biden will quadruple Early Head Start, increase Head Start funding and improve quality for both." I thought I remembered that they ran on the promise of wasting MORE money on this rather useless program; and I was correct. More of my tax dollars going down the toilet. From barrackobama.com (I think it’s what his presidential candidate website turned into) – “Obama and Biden will quadruple Early Head Start, increase Head Start funding and improve quality for both.”

I thought I remembered that they ran on the promise of wasting MORE money on this rather useless program; and I was correct. More of my tax dollars going down the toilet.

]]> By: Mia http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/head-start-seeks-bail-out/#comment-42807 Mia Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:02:03 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7056#comment-42807 Oh brother. I don't think kids need to be in a Head Start program whether they have a "curriculum" or not. Kids this age need to be kids. They need to explore the world around them, play with Play-Doh, build with blocks, have books read to them. Sheeesh! If you MUST have child care for your kids, put them in a quality daycare facility or - better yet - get a babysitter or grandparent or some other relative to watch them at home. I have seen kids come to the YMCA at the crack of dawn, sleepy, still in their pajamas, carrying their "breakfast" of a baggie of Cheerios and a juice box. So sad. They wouldn't see a parent again until after 5 or 6 pm. Some would spend as much as 12 hours at the daycare center in the YMCA. Please. These kids need to be at home where they can run around and play with their toys. They need to be taken to the park where they can meet other children. Childhood goes by soooo quickly...can't people take the time to enjoy their kids? Oh brother. I don’t think kids need to be in a Head Start program whether they have a “curriculum” or not. Kids this age need to be kids. They need to explore the world around them, play with Play-Doh, build with blocks, have books read to them. Sheeesh!

If you MUST have child care for your kids, put them in a quality daycare facility or – better yet – get a babysitter or grandparent or some other relative to watch them at home. I have seen kids come to the YMCA at the crack of dawn, sleepy, still in their pajamas, carrying their “breakfast” of a baggie of Cheerios and a juice box. So sad. They wouldn’t see a parent again until after 5 or 6 pm. Some would spend as much as 12 hours at the daycare center in the YMCA.

Please. These kids need to be at home where they can run around and play with their toys. They need to be taken to the park where they can meet other children. Childhood goes by soooo quickly…can’t people take the time to enjoy their kids?

]]> By: Kate http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/head-start-seeks-bail-out/#comment-42806 Kate Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:33:52 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7056#comment-42806 Most of the child care workers who work there are of the same strata as their charges, so it's really a welfare program or workfare program. Just like all those fabulous child care facilities in Denmark, Sweden, etc. that the press loves to parade. You drop your kid off at the state-funded creche, so you can go to your job at the state-funded creche. Most of the child care workers who work there are of the same strata as their charges, so it’s really a welfare program or workfare program. Just like all those fabulous child care facilities in Denmark, Sweden, etc. that the press loves to parade. You drop your kid off at the state-funded creche, so you can go to your job at the state-funded creche.

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