Title
What We Know about Childcare / Alison Clarke-Stewart, Virginia D. Allhusen.
ISBN
9780674271487
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2005]
Copyright
©2005
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (320 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674271487 doi
Call Number
HQ778.63 .C583 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.71/2/0973
Summary
Nearly three-quarters of American mothers work full- or part-time--usually out of financial necessity--and require regular child care. How do such arrangements affect children? If they are not at home with their mothers, will they be badly behaved, intellectually delayed, or emotionally stunted? Backed by the best current research, Alison Clarke-Stewart and Virginia Allhusen bring a reassuring answer to parents' fears and offer guidance for making difficult decisions. Quality child care, they show, may be even more beneficial to children than staying at home. Although children who spend many hours in care may be unruly compared with children at home, those who attend quality programs tend to be cognitively ahead of their peers. They are just as attached to their mothers and reap the additional benefits of engaging with other children. Ultimately, it's parents who matter most; what happens at home makes the difference in how children develop. And today's working mothers actually spend more time interacting with their children than stay-at-home mothers did a generation ago.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
Series
The Developing Child
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE. A NATION TRANSFORMED
1. MAKING THE BEST OF DIFFICULT CHOICES
2. THE EVOLUTION OF CHILDCARE IN THE UNITED STATES
3. CHILDCARE IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY
PART TWO. A QUARTER CENTURY OF RESEARCH
4. STUDYING CHILDCARE
5. EFFECTS OF CARE
6. VARIATIONS IN CARE
7. THE CAREGIVER'S ROLE
8. THE FAMILY'S PLACE
PART THREE. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
9. MAKING BETTER CHILDCARE CHOICES
10. PLANNING BETTER CHILDCARE RESEARCH
11. IMPLEMENTING BETTER CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS
NOTES
INDEX
