Impact of day care on the child

In the world of day-care research, the status of our knowledge is sufficiently shaky that we must continue to keep an open mind about the service. The knowledge base is growing rapidly, but the conceptual structure that supports it is flimsy and insubstantial. Fortunately, current research efforts a...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1993, Vol.91 (1), p.225-228
Main Author: CALDWELL, B. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child care
Child Care - psychology
Child Day Care Centers
Child Development
Child psychology
Child, Preschool
Children
Children of working parents
Cognition
Developmental psychology
Emotions
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Infant
Infant Care - psychology
Male
Pediatrics
Personality Development
Psychological aspects
Psychology, Child
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social research
Working parents
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Summary:In the world of day-care research, the status of our knowledge is sufficiently shaky that we must continue to keep an open mind about the service. The knowledge base is growing rapidly, but the conceptual structure that supports it is flimsy and insubstantial. Fortunately, current research efforts are improving this situation. Regardless of whether we like or dislike day care, it is, like the family, here to stay. That realization alone should strengthen our resolve not to compromise on the type of service we create. We have to continue to identify parameters of quality and become good matchmakers in terms of child care, family, and child characteristics. Through such efforts, a network of educare programs that will foster favorable development in children can become a national and global reality.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.91.1.225