The Impact Of Daycare Flashcards
State the arguments for daycare
⚫️ high quality daycare is stimulating
➡️run by well trained, motivated practitioners
➡️activities not available at home
➡️opportunity to interact with other children
⚫️quality daycare ➡️has positive effect on social development ➡️negative effects of daycare ➡️due to poor quality ➡️good quality associated with ➡️sensitivity of carers to children
⚫️mothers who work ➡experience lower levels of ➡️stress, frustration and depression ➡️interact with children in a more positive healthy way ➡️making them better mothers
What does day care mean
⚫temporary care of children ➡️outside the home ➡️provided by non-family members ➡️like in nurseries ➡️excludes institutional care
State the arguments against daycare
⚫️separation from primary caregiver
➡️causes deprivation
➡️leading to short-term and long term damage to social development
⚫️daycare is inferior to home care
➡️home care offers a more loving stimulating environment
⚫️daycare brings negative outcome
➡️research shows
➡️children raised at home
➡️causes superior social development
What does social development mean
➡️Relationships with others
➡️and social skills
➡️necessary within a cultural group
What are the two areas of interest, study of daycare has been an effect on
⚫️children aggression level
⚫️development of peer relationship
Give a negative research for effects of daycare on aggression
⚫️durkin reported
➡️preschoolers in daycare since infancy
➡️aggressive, negative social adjustment, hyperactivity and anxiety
➡️compared with those starting daycare later
➡️suggest age child enter daycare is important
⚫️A NICHD found
➡️children averaging 30 hours or more childcare
➡️had more behavioural problems, like aggression
➡️suggest amount of time in daycare related to aggression levels
Give a positive research of effects of daycare on aggression
⚫️hagekull& bohlin ➡️disadvantage Swedish boys ➡received high-quality daycare ➡️reduced aggressiveness ➡️suggest quality if daycare is important to lower aggression level
⚫️A NICHD
➡️observation made by teachers and carers
➡️children with high level of daycare
➡️lower level of aggression
➡️suggest daycare has positive effect in aggression
Give an evaluation of the effects of daycare on aggression
⚫️high level of aggression because
➡️greater social interaction
➡️more opportunity for aggression to arise
⚫️family features
➡️like quality of home environment, parental attitude at maternal sensitivity
➡️better indicators of aggression levels and social development
➡️than quantity of daycare received
➡️suggest quantity of daycare not most important factor on determining aggressiveness
⚫️aggressive children most likely to put into daycare
➡️parents need a break
➡️suggest factors other than daycare
➡️responsible for high levels of aggression in daycare children
Give a research for negative effects of daycare on peer relations
⚫️guralnick et al
➡️children with disabilities
➡️like limited communication and social skills
➡️interact with peers less often
➡️less well accepted
➡️suggests daycare not beneficial for all children for developing peer relations
⚫vliestra ➡️children attending half daycare ➡️better peer relations ➡️than those attending full day care ➡️suggest amount of daycare important in determining the quality of peer relationships
Give a research for positive effects of daycare on peer relations
⚫️Clarke-stewart et al
➡️children with high ability to negotiate with peers
➡received group based daycare
➡️rather than home care
➡️suggesting daycare encourages good peer relations
⚫️hartup&moore
➡️daycare allows more interaction with peers
➡️teaches the rule of social interaction
➡️helps resolve disputes with peers
➡️suggest daycare useful to achieve positive peer relationships
Give an evaluation of the effects of daycare on peer relations
⚫️research suggest daycare allows greater opportunities
➡️for social contact and development of social skills
➡️leading to positive peer relationships
⚫️can harm the development of peer relations
➡️in children with low social skills
➡️lead to them being bullied by others
⚫️development of good peer relations
➡️depends on high quality day care
➡️provided by trained carers and low-staff children ratios
➡️suggest too much daycare can negatively impact in peer relationship
Give an evaluation of daycare research
⚫️high quality daycare, like in Sweden ➡️has positive developmental outcomes ➡️only wealthy countries can afford such daycare ➡️most children have lower quality care ➡️with negative outcomes
⚫️different methods of rating behaviour
➡️like teacher ratings rather than parental ratings
➡️leads to differences in findings
➡️suggest differences in research findings, due to methodology
⚫️other variables may be involved
➡️working mums being stressed
➡️leads to an increase of aggressiveness in children
