Day Care

Day Care

1. Day care and Social Development

   • 58 children from sweden who attended continuously between ages of 18 months and 3 1/2 years. Compared to infants who dont attend day care
   • Observed and assessed before they attended day care and when they started day care, Assessed again at ages 6,8 and 15
   • Findings- children who spent long days in day care showed - less social development - becoming tired and irritated at having to share adult attention for long periods of tim
   • Conculsion- Alot of short amounts in day care help to improve a childs social development as they learn social interaction with peers and social competency develops more by the age of three and does affect social skills during hte adolecense years

2. Day care and Peer Relations

   • Longitudinal study using questionairres and observations- 1000 infants from london were observed at 3, 10 and 18 months old and again at 3 and 4 years old- assessing social development and peer relations
   • Findings- CHildren in Day Care were - more socially withdrawn - more compliant- sadder
   • Conclusion- Children who attend day care show worse social development and peer relations than children who were cared for by the monther

3. Day care and Aggression