PSYC 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Child Care, Canadian Prairies, Acculturation
Document Summary
Compare and contrast benefits and limitations of diff. Describe historical, economic, and cultural influences on childcare use and availability. Analyze effects of childcare, and examine how outcomes may vary, according to care quality, type of care, and family factors. Discuss whether the effects of child care persist over time. Typically a more limited age range ( -5), often having specific curriculum and philosophies: care by non-primary caregiver; not part of formal schooling. Use of childcare highest among parents of children between ages 2 and 4 . Below 10% for children under the age of 1, betwen 60 and 70% for chilgren age 2-4, 50- 60 for ages 5-7, below mean of 47 after age 8 , below 10% for chilgren age 14. Benefits: familiar environment, individual attention, flexibility of schedule. Limitations: cost?, fewer opportunities to interact with other children, caregiver may not be trained or licensed. Benefits: home-like setting, potential opportunities for social interaction, may have some flexibility.
