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Parenting In The Media: Does DayCare Create Problem Children?

March 26th, 2007 by Stu Mark · No Comments

The Associated Press reports: Study links child care to problem behavior. The largest childcare/development study in the US was recently finalized and:

    “The more time that children spent in child care, the more likely their sixth grade teachers were to report problem behavior.

    Also, children who got quality child care before entering kindergarten had better vocabulary scores in the fifth grade than did youngsters who received lower quality care.”

and

    “…parenting quality was a much more important predictor of child development.”

Read the rest of the story here.


Tags: Childcare · Education · Parenting · Parenting In The Media





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