Colorado's Proposed Day Care Rules Would Dictate Race ofDolls, Time Between Meals

It's making some cry like a baby.

Day care providers in Colorado may have to meet new rules that would dictate the race of dolls atcenters, how much TV kids can watch and time in between meals, making Colorado child carefacilities some of the most regulated in the country.Â

The changes being proposed by the Colorado Department of Human Services include that dolls atcenters should represent three races (which are not specified). TV and computer time would belimited to 20 minutes per day unless it's a special occasion. In addition, providers must not servewhole milk to children older than 2 years old, only 1 percent, 2 percent or skim milk, and guidelinesfor eating times are outlined. The proposed rules also require providers and children take at leastone physical education class per year and that each child have an assigned caregiver.Â

Click here to read the proposed guidelines by the Colorado Department of Human Services.

By comparison, day care regulations in Los Angeles and New York infant toddler child care QuincyMA don't stipulate the type of milk served or when kids eat. Colorado's plan of one teacher perstudent is also stiff compared with a Los Angeles mandate of a teacher-student ratio of 1 to 8. NewYork City requires one teacher to every four kids.Â

Some Colorado day care providers say the stipulations are too harsh and that it will break the bankfor them, and they are nervous that managing these new guidelines will take focus off of otherissues.

"My time will be taken up with regulating and micro-managing my classroom. ... My time is betterspent on curriculum and creating resources for special needs children," an employee at theMontview Community Preschool in Denver told FoxNews.com, speaking on the condition ofanonymity.

Others are not as concerned.

"We think it's wonderful. We think it's great that there are more requirements for children," AnneMill from Colonnade Children's Center in Denver told FoxNews.com.

"I've heard other (day care centers) say it will be more expensive for them, but it's just a few moredolls and crayons," Mill said. "If they can't meet these standards then that's too bad, then its not aquality place for kids."

Funding to meet guidelines will not be provided by the state, Liz McDonough, spokeswoman for theColorado Department of Human Services, said, but the state will "work with centers" to help themfix any problems.Â

McDonough said most day care centers already meet the proposed standards, but the departmentwas asked by the community to create more specific guidelines. The Colorado Department of Human

Services will be touring different communities in the area to receive feedback and plan on advisingthe guidelines based on those suggestions.

Linda Smith, executive director of the National Association of Child Care Resource ReferralAgencies, told FoxNews.com that the Colorado Department of Human Services has good intentions,but there are other ways to reach their goals "that are not so arbitrary or rigid that allows for thingsto change and evolve without regulation."

"Colorado has serious problems with their regulation of child care centers" she told FoxNews.com."Doggie day care centers are inspected every six months while child day care centers are inspectedevery other year."