Day care and child care services: Issues, priorities, and implications

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph L. Braga ◽  
Laurie D. Braga
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Child Care Services

Attitudes of Russian Immigrant and Israeli-Born Women toward Child-Care Services

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 880-882
Author(s):  
Richard E. Isralowitz ◽  
Ismael Abu Saad
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Child Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Family Day Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Child Care Services

Israel, like most other societies, has a variety of subgroups differentiated by ascribed attitudes or characteristics which are imputed to individuals. These differences may be reflected by attitudes which are evaluative statements concerning objects, people, or events. In this study the attitudes of Israeli women—30 veterans and 30 newly arrived from the Soviet republics—toward family day-care services were examined. A number of significant differences between the study cohorts, such as amount of interaction between parents and child-care providers, were found and have implications for provision of service and absorption of immigrants.

International Perspectives on Child Care Policies and Programs

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 248-252
Author(s):  
Sheila B. Kamerman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Day Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Services ◽  
National Differences ◽  
Different Ages ◽  
Child Care Services

Child development research is more extensive and more sophisticated in the United States than in any other country in the world. US policy makers have access to more and better information about the factors known to enhance or impede good child development than those in almost any other country. Nonetheless, the United States lags far behind almost all the major advanced industrialized countries with regard to supply, quality, and affordability of out-of-home child care services for children under the age at which compulsory school begins (5, 6, or 7 years). This paper provides a brief overview of child care internationally, primarily in northern and western Europe, the leaders in this field. The objective is to document the availability and quality of child care services and related policies in these countries. The paper begins by defining the terms that will be used in discussing child care internationally. The major focus is on identifying and describing the policy choices that the advanced, industrialized, western countries have made regarding child care for young children of different ages (preschoolers and infants). DEFINING THE TERMS The child care programs I will describe include preschools (kindergartens, prekindergartens, compensatory early-education programs, nursery schools); day-care centers (nurseries, creches); and family-day-care-homes (both regulated and unregulated). Relative care, occasional baby-sitting, and care provided within a child's own home are not included in this discussion, nor are programs for children with special needs (handicapped children). Nor, because of space limitations, are before- and after-school programs covered. The major cross-national differences have to do with the financing of services and the extent of the role of the public sector; the predominance of the education, health, or social welfare system in delivering the services; the proportion of children of different ages served by these programs; whether services are limited to the children of working mothers; and the quality of the care provided.

scholarly journals Policy Frameworks and Parental Choice: Using Conjoint Analysis to Understand Parental Decision Making for Child Care

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110223
Author(s):  
Adrienne M. Davidson ◽  
Samantha Burns ◽  
Delaine Hampton ◽  
Linda White ◽  
Michal Perlman
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Child Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Parental Decision Making ◽  
Child Care Services

Many children in Canada and the United States experience poor-quality child care on a regular basis. Under the rubric of “parent choice,” governments continue to permit a variety of licensed care providers (centers and homes) as well as unlicensed home child care providers. Research suggests, however, that parents are not well-informed consumers about child care services, unaware of even the basic characteristics of their child’s care. In this study, we provide findings from a latent profile analysis based on a conjoint survey conducted in Toronto, Canada to better understand the factors that influence parents’ decisions in selecting child care services. Based on responses from over 700 parents, we identify five classes of parents that reflect a range of preferences in selecting child care. However, most groups show a strong preference for licensed early childhood education and care (ECEC) options. Limitations of this study and implications for policy are discussed.

A Comparative Study of Structural and Process Quality in Center-Based and Family-Based Child Care Services

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Bigras ◽  
Caroline Bouchard ◽  
Gilles Cantin ◽  
Liesette Brunson ◽  
Sylvain Coutu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Process Quality ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Child Care Services ◽  
Family Based

A Public Health Perspective on Child Care

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1116-1118
Author(s):  
Kathleen F. Gensheimer
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
Child Care Services ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Young Life

A child care provider is the mother of young life. She nourishes the children, brings them up—gives them energy, her resources, her nerve and all the possibilities to come true—when needed or ready. To not pay her a decent wage is undervaluing the care. To over-regulate her can decrease the supply and raise the cost. To under-regulate her can harm the quality. To zone her out of residential neighborhoods does not fit in a society that "values" children. And yet, all these misdeeds are committed state-wide. Nobody is made really and effectively responsible. Yet we all are! That's why the misdeeds can go on and even increase. Collective responsibility is hidden by our ignorance and greed. At present we live in a world out of balance. We work with no support for family and child care needs. We live lives of turmoil because of a system unable to care. We live lives that call for another way of living. Can biotechnologists build a child who requires less nurturing, less loving? or Can we foster conditions that help, rather than hurt, families using child care? It will oblige all of us to assign a new value to families, children and child care. It will oblige us to establish a strong public policy so that children and child care are valued as more than a mere "life style" option.1 On a personal level, as a mother of four young children and as a consumer of child-care services, I can well relate to the issue of child care.

POLICY STATEMENT ON DAY CARE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 947-947
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Day Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Family Discord

The American Academy of Pediatrics supports the continued expansion of high quality day care programs for the nation's children. It is preparing a booklet, Recommendations for Day Care Centers for Infants and Children, to serve as a guideline for establishing quality day care. The Academy also has embarked on a program to help pediatricians understand their role in fostering high quality day care. All children should have the opportunity to optimally develop their physical, intellectual, and social potential. The care and guidance they are given in their early years are of critical importance for such development. For most children, this child care and guidance are best given in their own homes, by their own families, but may need to be supplemented by child care services provided by private or governmental agencies. Because they are working, an increasing proportion of mothers are not at home to fulfill the maternal role in care and guidance. In 1971, 43% of mothers in the United States were employed: one-third of the mothers of preschool children and one-half of the single mothers of young children. For some children the home may not be the best place because of social or financial poverty or family discord which inhibit child development. Alternative methods of caring for children to help them achieve their fullest potential are needed more now than at any time in our history. Day care services should be a supplement to, not a substitute for, the family as the primary agent for the child's care and development.

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