What We Know about Childcare /

What We Know about Childcare / / Virginia D. Allhusen, Alison Clarke-Stewart.

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? Bac...

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Clarke-Stewart, Alison,
Allhusen, Virginia D.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:The Developing Child
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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