Day care

Day care

1. Types of day care

   • Childminder
   • Nursery
   • Integrated centres
     • Combine care & education

2. Aggression

   • Day care INCREASES aggression
     • Belsky NICHD
       • 17% of those in day care for 30+ hours = aggressive
       • 6% of those in day care under 10 hours = aggressive
         • Could be overcome by high QUALITY care
     • Sammons
       • Slight increased risk of antisocial behaviour at 20+ hours in nurseries
         • Significant at 40+
     • Sylva (2003)
       • Disadvantaged children more likely to be aggressive (adverse social profiles)
         • Could be reduced by high QUALITY care
     • Melhuish
       • Of the 188 in daycare, those in nurseries were most aggressive
   • Day care has NO EFFECT on aggression
     • Larner
       • At age 10, individual differences overtook care effect
         • Day care children no more aggressive than home children

3. Peer relations

   • Day care IMPROVES peer relations
     • Sylva EPPE
       • Preschool attendance improved cognitive development for all & social behaviour for some
       • Integrated centres showed best development
         • Even with social background & prior social behaviour
     • Clarke-Stewart
       • Group-based children = more sociable & able to negotiate
     • Campbell
       • Long days under 31/2 = less socially competent
       • More but shorter days = more socially competent
       • High QUALITY = better social abilities
       • Socially skilled at 3 1/2 = socially skilled at 15

4. Factors affecting effect of daycare

   • Quality of day care
   • Time spent in day care
   • Type of day care