dzc4627 Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 I was shown this study when arguing with someone on whether or not women who work as opposed to being home raising their kids was bad for the children. http://parenthood.library.wisc.edu/Hoffman/Hoffman.html I really don't know how to respond to it because it all seems pretty coherent and if this study holds water then it pretty much goes against everything I have learned from Stefan. Is there any good countering data to this study?
Drew. Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 I was shown this study when arguing with someone on whether or not women who work as opposed to being home raising their kids was bad for the children. http://parenthood.library.wisc.edu/Hoffman/Hoffman.html I really don't know how to respond to it because it all seems pretty coherent and if this study holds water then it pretty much goes against everything I have learned from Stefan. Is there any good countering data to this study? For one, I don't see any citations to the data that author is describing in the study. I'll try to give it a more thorough read later on. But, if there are no citations to other studies, that means that those other studies cannot be examined for validity, systemic error, and bias. In essence, this article is really suspicious. Edit: there does seem to be some references, but they're not very clear. There is a mention of a NICHD study, but no reference to the year, to the name of the study, or anything like that. I understand that this is a book excerpt, but based on the link posted, it would be inappropriate to make any conclusions, especially as it relies upon those other studies for the basis of some of the conclusions. If we cannot examine those previous studies, then we cannot be sure of the validity of what is being discussed in this one. Also, if we don't know what those studies are about, then we can't really counter them with other studies, if counters do exist.
A4E Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 OP started a thread back in may that went on for 2 pages, but op never made any more posts there.
dzc4627 Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 OP started a thread back in may that went on for 2 pages, but op never made any more posts there. This is true. I apologize for that. 1
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