An Introduction to the Benefits and Detriments of Day Care.

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An Introduction to the Benefits and Detriments of Day Care

Cognitive and emotional development is crucial in the early years.

So new parents are going to have to think hard about returning to work or whether child care is going to be key in bringing up their offspring.

The jury is still out on whether child care is beneficial or detrimental, however this introduction to studies and opinions of some of the world’s most respected developmental psychologists, including some general facts, will hopefully set some minds at rest and help parents-to-be, and new parents, discover the best options for their child.

One of the main benefits of day care is, of course, cognitive development.

To prove that day care does help push forward the cognitive development of children we can look at a study by Burchinal, Lee and Ramney in 1989 which tested the IQ of children just before they started they found that those in day care usually did better.

Two supporting theories were set about by Anderson and Schuetz, Lewis and Dimartino.

Anderson’s suggestion was that all children, but especially boys benefit from day care in terms of school achievement.

Schuetze, Lewis and Dimartino said that children that spend the most amount of time in child care have enhanced problem-solving abilities.

So to conclude they’re have been three main studies that show children benefit from day care in terms of IQ, and problem solving abilities.

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Tizard did find that children share more advanced and intelligent conversations with there care givers than they do with teachers. So if the child spends too much time with teachers and not enough time with parents it could be detrimental to their cognitive expansion.

Kelley against Child care

Kelley in 2002 suggested that the amount of substitute care givers and the amount of time children spend with them instead of their parents causes problems in both emotional and cognitive development.

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