Day Care Burnout

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DAY CARE BURNOUT (running time = 1:41)

SUGGESTED INTRO: ACCORDING TO A CLEVELAND PSYCHOLOGIST, VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WHO SPEND TIME IN DAY CARE CENTERS CAN NEED A BREAK FROM THEIR ROUTINES AS MUCH AS PARENTS. MORE IN THIS REPORT:

VOICEOVER: YOUNG CHILDREN WHO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT DAY CARE FACILITIES MAY NEED A BREAK FROM THEIR DAILY ROUTINES AS MUCH AS MOM AND DAD NEED A VACATION FROM WORK, ACCORDING TO DONALD FREEDHEIM, A PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND. HE SAYS NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE DAY CARE, CHILDREN OCCASIONALLY NEED A CHANGE OF SCENERY.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:
DONALD FREEDHEIM,
CWRU PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY

OUTCUE: "... 4 weeks a month and so on." (:18)

VOICEOVER: FREEDHEIM SAYS ONCE PARENTS HAVE TAKEN ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS TO CHOOSE A GOOD DAY CARE FACILITY, THEY SHOULD PERIODICALLY TAKE THE TIME TO ASSESS WHETHER A DAY WITH MOM OR DAD IN SOME NEW SURROUNDINGS WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEIR CHILD.

SOUND BITE:
DONALD FREEDHEIM

OUTCUE: "... a little extra time there." (:33)

VOICEOVER: IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT MISTAKE YOUR CHILD'S SIGNS OF EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL DISTRESS AS JUST NEEDING A VACATION. BUT FREEDHEIM SAYS CHILDREN WHO ARE QUICK TO CRY OR SHOW SIGNS OF BOREDOM CAN SOMETIMES BE HELPED BY AN OCCASIONAL GET-AWAY.

THIS IS TOM SHROUT REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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