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Publication Date: 2007
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How Early Child Care Affects Later Development. Science Briefs
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
"Science Briefs" summarize the findings and implications of a recent study in basic science or clinical research. This brief reports on the study "Are there Long-Term Effects of Early Child Care?" (J. Belsky, D. L. Vandell, M. Burchinal, K. A. Clarke-Stewart, K. McCartney, M. T. Owen, M. T., and The NICHD Early Child Care Research Network). Observations of children followed from birth through school age find that parenting quality has a stronger influence on children's cognitive and social-emotional development than the child care experience, but also find that quality child care is associated with positive language and behavioral development. [Study Title and Authors: Belsky, J., Vandell, D. L., Burchinal, M., Clarke-Stewart, K. A., McCartney, K., Owen, M. T., & The NICHD Early Child Care Research Network (2007). Are there long-term effects of early child care? "Child Development" 78: 681-701.]
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Child Care, Child Development, Young Children, Infants, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Social Development, Language Acquisition, Child Behavior, Parent Influence, Longitudinal Studies
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. Available from: Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. 50 Church Street 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 617-496-0578; Fax: 617-496-1229; e-mail: developingchild@harvard.edu; Web site: http://www.developingchild.harvard.edu
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
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