Michael Lopez @ Highered
Michael Lopez @ Highered Intelligence blogged one yesterday that is enough to make any homeschooling parent scream; the Henderson (NC) county DSS placed an infant in full-time day care rather than with a HS family.
The Henderson County Department of Social Services (DSS) told foster parent Ann McChristian that an infant would be better served in a full-time daycare program than with herself and her two home schooled daughters. McChristian, wife of Stan McChristian D.D.S., says she told the social worker daycare would not be necessary and the infant would fit in as a member of the family while receiving respite care. According to McChristian, the worker replied “this baby is behind and needs the stimulation that daycare provides.” McChristian says she disagrees that a daycare worker, managing multiple cribs, could provide an infant with more “stimulation” and attention than three surrogate mothers, i.e. herself and two daughters. Later, McChristian claims she heard the DSS gave temporary custody of the infant to a working foster parent. Consequently the child was placed in full-time daycare.