Research that Benefits Childrenand Families-Uplifting Stories

If I could just conduct a research in which I am not restricted by the reality of the present, I would choose “Outcomes Comparison of children Age 1 to 5 Attending and not Attending a Daycare” as the topic. I am very concerned with the fact here in my country, especially my community where most infants of working mothers are taken care by a nanny who only passes junior high school at the highest, gets a-week training or none at all, and has not even reached 25 years old. Some families hire a babysitter that is a bit more expensive, but they just finish senior high school and get a quick training on how to handle babies or toddlers technically. They are not prepared for other psychosocial matters, for instance.

Conducting such research would provide convincing facts of advantages and disadvantages of sending or not sending infants to a daycare, and help parents realize the importance of having their young children taken care by someone who is well-trained and professional in early childhood. Moreover, it might open the community’s mind to consider of establishing a daycare and/or subsidizing it. Daycare is very rare here. There is one in my community which is extremely expensive, besides, most parents do not fully trust a daycare, yet.

My Personal Research Journey

 

My very main concern related to early childhood is the child and caregiver relationship.  It may sound so broad, but that is why I am interested in finding more accountable reasons why and how their relationship affects a child’s life. The fact is that early childhood in my community has not been considered that ‘important’ by most people even educators like teachers. They agree that education is important for someone’s life, but they do not know or realize how vital a child’s first 5 years of life which relies a lot on the caregivers. When I first learned about biological model of development, I learned about microsystem or the immediate setting in which a child lives. It has given me insights about how the relationship between a child and her parents or caregivers will have a stable and enduring effect on a child’s development (Keenan and Evans, 2009).

As most people agree, I also think research is a difficult to study and conduct. However, the article “A Practical Guide to Reading Research Articles” has helped me to feel less difficult about reading and doing research, and having to fill in the chart this week brings me to a more detailed, step-by-step ways of understanding research. I believe this course will finally help me to understand research better and able to read and do research to get more reliable answers why child and caregiver relationship is so important.

Keenan, T., & Evans, S. (2009). An introduction to child development (pp.35-43). Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/81238/CRS-CW-6488738/Keenan_Evans.pdf