Prior research has documented associations between hours in child care and children's
externalizing behavior. A series of longitudinal analyses were conducted to address 5 …

The goals of Child Development's new From Another Perspective format are discussed, and
an overview of the content of the inaugural From Another Perspective collection on child …

Prior research has unearthed a link between early education and care (EEC) experiences
and worse behavioral functioning for children, yet the research has not clearly delineated …

Children who experience early and extensive child care, especially center-based care, are
rated by teachers as having more externalizing behavior problems than are other children …

We apply instrumental variables (IV) techniques to a pooled data set of employment-focused
experiments to examine the relation between type of preschool childcare and subsequent …

Child care arrangements change as children age; in general, hours in home-based child
care decrease as hours in center-based settings increase. This sequence of child care type …

Heated controversy persists concerning the effects of nonparental care on child
development, particularly when the children enter day care in infancy. Noting tha the …

Two new studies on day care suggest that young children demonstrate increased
aggressive behavior in relationship to time spent in day care and increases in cortisol levels …

Relations between nonrelative child care (birth to 4½ years) and functioning at age 15 were
examined (N= 1,364). Both quality and quantity of child care were linked to adolescent …

The relation between time in day care and social behavior of preschool children was
investigated at three child-care centers varying in location, populations served, and program …