Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes

[Carla_Danger]

That's simply too ridiculous to address.

How do you ensure an equal start if you don't have the state manage the early, formative years of children?

State-start is an effective program, but only does so much. State-start waits until children are 3, and still isn't mandatory. Sure, it does nothing to ready children for school, but then, that never was the goal.

{by third grade, the $8 billion Head Start program had little to no impact on cognitive, social-emotional, health, or parenting practices of participants. On a few measures, access to Head Start had harmful effects on children.}

Head Start Impact Evaluation Report Finally Released

Children must be cured of independence and attachment to the family at a young age, so that loyalty to the party and the state never waivers...

Head Start!

I remember an America where a head start was cheating.

After all these years of programs, I wonder why the achievement and wealth gap is increasing , not decreasing.

Because YOU keep voting Republican....

 

[Uncensored2008]

Because YOU keep voting Republican....

If we will only vote for you Communists, we can all live in equal poverty - except party bosses and the well connected....

Bread lines are a dream that you pursue with every vote for a democrat.

 

[DCancel1]

Mothers have a choice between taking the box, or a cash grant, currently set at 140 euros, but 95% opt for the box as it's worth much more.

 

[Mindful]

More on the babies.

Because of Finland’s extreme climate, it’s very important for newborn babies to get used to sub zero conditions quickly. Melissa Georgiou explains that when her son Milo was born, a snow suit was included in the ‘baby box,’ given to all new families by the government. This box contains everything a newborn baby needs, and the box itself can even be used as a crib. The idea behind the baby box is that despite any differences in the socio economic backgrounds of parents, every child should have the same start in life. Melissa also mentions that mothers are given a generous maternity pay of around 450 Euros per month while they stay at home, and the child benefit is also 100 Euros until the child is 16. To get used to the low temperatures, parents are often advised to leave the baby outside for their day naps, providing the temperature doesn’t drop lower than minus 10 °C. Melissa says ‘it’s a common sight to see prams parked outside cafes with babies sleeping, while the mothers are indoors having a coffee break.’ She feels that the government provided snow suit, the baby box and the daytime naps in fresh air, have given Milo a great start in life.

From The Guardian.


Even in the UK, we'd leave our babies to sleep in their prams outside during the day.