Masters of the Obvious Part I - Children need time with Mom

These blog posts will feature news from the Masters of the Obvious - those lovely folks who present findings and studies and comments to the public at large as if they've discovered something that we didn't already know.

Here is our first gem.


Childcare choices impact kids’ achievement:
Study finds being at home with mom or at pre-school are best options

We can see the genius of our family-hating culture expressed so vividly in these contrasting comments. Take exhibit A.

“Loosely speaking, it would be better if mothers could spend more time with children in the first few years after birth, because the relatively small amount of money they can earn in those years (compared to their lifetime income), isn’t going to make nearly as much difference for the child’s outcomes as the mother’s time input would make,” Keane told Reuters Health.

Now observe Exhibit B.

Bernal added, “We do not advocate for women to stay at home, but rather for policies to be designed in such a way that we can provide women with the types of daycare that can benefit children, with subsidies or with on-site daycare centers.”

You ever get the feeling that a bird knows more about truth in parenting than we do?