DAYCARE - PEER RELATIONS

DAYCARE - PEER RELATIONS

1. Attachment

   • Secure attachment = better peer relations
     • Minnesota longitudinal
   • less likely to be securely attached
     • Belsky & Rovine
       • strange situations
         • 20 hours dc
           • per week
         • Before 1 year old
           • Insecurely attached compared with those at home
   • Positive effects- Alison Clarke Stewart
     • 150 children
     • advanced in social development

2. Social strategies

   • Negotiate
   • Make friends
   • Field
     • Time in DC
       • Positively correlated
         • Friends they had
   • Creps & Vernon Feagans
     • started before 6 months
     • more sociable than those who started later