Preschools add brush-and-spit to day

Massachusetts is the first state requiring that all children who eat at daycare or stay more than four hours, brush their teeth. Poor dental care is the most common chronic childhood ailment. According to a 2003 state study, one in four person has dental disease. The teachers are concerned by the propagation of bacteria on tooth brush. It's difficult to teach to each child how they can brush their teeth. The teachers find that they have not enough time to brush all children teeth when they are many. For the baby, they use a cotton swab for their gums. Finally, the news said that when you teach chlidren about oral health, they'll be able to maintain good dental hygiene for all their life.

Daycare kids twice as likely to pick up bugs

After two years of study, the gouvernment demonstrated that children in daycare are more likely to contract a chronic infection that the children who stay at home. For example, infections may be an ear infection or an acute diarrhea. Also, the under-fives who attend a daycare have better vocabulary ans comprehension than the others kids.