Saturday, April 04, 2020

State of Michigan Bans Day Care Providers From Giving Young Children Timeouts – Michigan Capitol Confidential

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  • ‘This is not about children; it’s about increasing government control’
Hundreds of licensed child day care providers in Michigan have been quietly ordered to eliminate the disciplinary tool of enforcing timeouts for unruly children under the age of 3. 

The rationale: Such measures are “unlikely [to] prevent repeat misbehavior” and can leave a toddler “upset, confused and angry.”
The new regulation was
enacted by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs in December and implemented over the last few months..."

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