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The limits of the welfare state [daycare]

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Apr. 26, 2011
Sweden has offered a comprehensive daycare system since 1975; since the early ’90s, negative outcomes for children and adolescents are on the rise in areas of health and behaviour. While direct causation has been difficult to prove, many Swedish health-care professionals point to the lack of parent involvement beyond the first 16 months as a primary contributing factor… After a generation of inexperience, Swedish parenting abilities are deteriorating… many middleclass parents lack the ability to set limits and sense their children’s needs.

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