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Parents' perceptions of their infant's day care experience
Author(s) -
Ledesma Sally,
Fitzgerald Hiram E.,
McGreal Cathleen Erin
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0355(198021)1:1<42::aid-imhj2280010107>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - day care center , competence (human resources) , day care , nursing , medicine , child care , psychology , perception , family medicine , social psychology , neuroscience
Parents of infants who had been enrolled in a day‐care center were asked to evaluate their day‐care experience as well as their children's current development status. In general, parent evaluations provided strong support for day care as an effective means of supplementary infant care. When dissatisfaction with day care was expressed, it focused on matters pertaining to infant health, physical resources of the center, parent involvement in center activities, and caregiver‐infant ratios. Parents perceived their children to be advanced in competence skills relative to their peers. With few exceptions, parents viewed group day care as the most desirable type of supplementary infant care, but only if high‐quality staff and programs could be assured.