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Article: Studies aid working parents in search for best day care
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 16, 1986
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As the trend toward working mothers continues, more and more
working parents will be thrust into the frustrating and sometimes
frightening business of finding day care for their children.
They can choose from a confusing number of alternatives, usually
expensive and sometimes unreliable.
For parents of children 2 years of age and older, the results of
day-care research offer both relief from guilt and some guidance.
Psychologists have found evidence that older children of working
parents can develop just as well socially and intellectually as those
whose mothers are at home. In fact, in some cases day care may be
better than home care. For disadvantaged children it may offer
enrichment ...