Is childcare good or bad for children’s socio-emotional development? Context matters

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Publication date 10-2024
Journal Lancet Regional Health Europe
Article number 101044
Volume | Issue number 45
Number of pages 2
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  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Research Institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE)
Abstract An important question in the field of early childhood education and care involves the effect of attending childcare on the socio-emotional development of children. Put simply, is childcare good or bad for children’s socio-emotional development? This question became highly relevant after the growth of childcare in various western societies, including the United States (US) and Europe.
Document type Comment/Letter to the editor
Note Comment to: K.M. Barry, D. Avraam, T. Cadman, A. Elkaheem, H. El Marroun, P.W. Jansen, A.-M. Nybo-Andersen, K. Strandberg-Larsen, L. González Safont, R. Soler-Blasco, F. Barreto-Zarza, J. Julvez, M. Vrijheid, B. Heude, M.-A.Charles, A.R. Gomajee, M. Melchior (2024) Early childcare arrangements and children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of six prospective birth cohorts in Europe. In: Lancet Regional Health Europe, 45:101036.
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101044
Published at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(24)00211-4/fulltext
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