Childhood Development

Research Brief

Delaying Kindergarten: Effects on Test Scores and Childcare Costs

Is it beneficial to delay the age at which children begin kindergarten?

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Early Childhood Intervention Programs Save Money, Benefit Children

Well-designed programs for disadvantaged children return more to society in benefits than they cost by enabling youngsters to lead more successful lives and be less dependent on future government assistance. Savings can range from $1.26 to $17 for each $1 spent on the programs.

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Overview of the Content of Health Supervision for Young Children: Reports from Parents and Pediatricians

Parents and pediatricians report high rates of discussion on many topics that are critical to healthy development in the first years of life.

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Perceived Parenting Styles, Depersonalisation, Anxiety and Coping Behaviour in Adolescents

The present study investigated the relationship between perceived parenting styles, depersonalisation, anxiety and coping behaviour in a normal high school student sample (N=276).

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Resources Devoted to Child Development by Families and Society

Documents the allocation of resources to child development made by parents, government, and others during this critical period of development.

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Access to Health Care for Young Children in the United States

In this analysis, which focuses specifically on children from birth to age 3, the authors attempt to build on previous studies by examining the role of race and ethnicity, income, and insurance status in determining access to care using new national data on access to a broad range of health and developmental services.

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The Importance of Child-Care Characteristics to Choice of Care

Examines the influence of importance ratings of intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics of child care on parents' choice of care, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey-72.

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Examining the Effects of Accreditation on Military Child Development Center Operations and Outcomes

Explores the implementation of one provision of the Military Child Care Act of 1989.

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Child Care: Preferences, Choice, and Consequences

The author finds that working mothers care more about convenience aspects of care that affect their daily lives than the features of care that might promote their child's development.

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What Parents Pay For: Child Care Characteristics, Quality, and Costs

Child development researchers and practitioners have explored in detail the characteristics of child care that provide the best environment for children.

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Jill S. Cannon

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Anita Chandra

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Jill Portnoy Donaghy

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Susannah Faxon-Mills

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Courtney Ann Kase

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Allison Kirkegaard

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Katie Tosh

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Claude Messan Setodji

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Roland Neil

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Jennifer T. Leschitz