Word: preschooling
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Krauss deliberately chose a tough spot. Said he: "I was warned not to take a family with all preschool kids because they would wear me out. But I did. I also knew that suspicious women would watch to see whether I picked a home with a Deepfreeze, mangle, maid and easy appliances, so I didn't." He chose the home of Mrs. Norman Dion, 31, wife of a lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard, and mother of Susan, 4, Sally, 3, Melina, 20 months, and Ned, 6 months...
...which, in his view, make men accident-prone, absence-prone, and likely to court trouble with the boss. The practical businessmen around the table found the idea of a death instinct a tough nut. Some of them also boggled over the immense importance attached by the experts to the preschool years in character formation. In general, however, they lapped up most of the theory, and brought up case histories to match against it. Samples...
Children at the Preschool are inspected by their family's pediatrician before enrolling, but afterwards their health is watched over by the teachers. This avoids making health an obsession that could be psychologically damaging to the child, and studies prove that the informal observation of the teachers is at least as effective as a rigid inspection by a nurse who does not know each child individually. Many other nursery schools followed this example after its effectiveness received nationwide recognition...
Much important research in child development has come from the Preschool, but teachers are quick to point out that their charges are subjected to no elaborate experimentation that is either trying or uncomfortable for them. Psychologists gather data by observing the children playing with dolls. When the watcher is hidden behind one-way glass, the child takes on varying different roles in his relationship with dolls, and much can be learned about the child's personality, Most of the experimental work in the three years since the founding of the school has been in teaching the dependency patterns of children...
...Preschool is now taking a small number of two and a-half year olds, in addition to the usual three-and four-year olds, for a few hours each week. The teachers have discovered that starting this half year earlier greatly speeds the social development of the child. Rumor has it that just the other day a group of male two and a-half year olds were huddled in the corner, pencils and paper in hand, trying to select Miss Radcliffe...