1 4 25 13 Child Care Settings for Care o Parental Care o Formal Settings Child care center Family home child care o Informal child relative friend o In home care nanny au pair Primary Child care Arrangements for Employed Parents o One quarter of all children under the age of 5 with employed mothers were cared for in center based settings o 4 5 children under the age of 5 with employed mothers were cared for by someone other than their parents Shift Work and Child Care Benefits o Flexible hours parents work different shifts 1 3 of all dual earned couples with preschoolers work alternating shifts o Role of Gender women put priority on spouse s needs first turn down opportunities more than men This can cause the couples relationship to suffer o Single parents do not have this luxury 2 Kids at Risk o Most likely to be in informal care and poor quality settings o Least likely to be school ready o Most likely to lag academically even into middle elementary school Implications of Child Care setting o Quality matters across the domains and over time It determines Child structured day Developmentally appropriate practices Predictability and dependability o What determines these factors Depth of child development knowledge Formal training of staff
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