Day care for pre-school children
Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsPublished 24 July 2000
Bozhena Zoritch, Ian Roberts, Ann Oakley
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Day care has beneficial effect on children's development, school success and adult life patterns, and there are positive effects on mothers' education, employment and interaction with children.
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Day care has beneficial effect on children's development, school success and adult life patterns. To date, all randomised trials have been conducted among disadvantaged populations in the USA. The extent to which the results are generaliseable to other cultures and socioeconomic groups has yet to be evaluated.
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