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Originally posted by midwesterngirl
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Originally posted by ZTAMiami
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I think children nowadays have a lack of empathy overall. I think that our society is full of selfish, detached children who crave nothing but instant gratification.
That is it in a nutshell.The children don't care because their parents don't care.The parents are way too busy with their own lives.
I am a Daycare/Preschool Director and would guess that approximately 70% of the children we care for are there 10 hours a day or more/5 days a week.My staff and I know,that if it weren't for us,many of these children would have nobody to care for them.We know that for many we are the only nutritious meal they get.You can tell without a doubt,who is and is not their parents priority.
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Again, I would just ask that you don't paint all parents with the same brush. A lot of parents do care.
Our daughter worked in the daycare industry for a while, and will do just about anything to keep her daughter out of it. So, she and her husband have different days off. She spends a lot of her free time figuring out grandparents schedules (including ours) so that the baby is always with a family member. (We watch her two to three days a week)
In our case, we simply decided to take a huge financial hit when our first was born so Mrs. DeltAlum could stay home with the children. It was difficult, but we managed. I'm not sure that our daughter and husband could do that on their entry level salaries in this economy.
You see parenthood from a very jaded perspective, as you watch people drop their children off in your care and drive off in their matching Beemers. (No, before anyone starts, all working parents and BMW drivers aren't bad parents -- simply using a stereotype for the sake of illustration) All parents aren't like that, and I suspect your 70% number is pretty high.