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Peer reviewedSmetana, Judith G. – Child Development, 1984
Social interactions regarding moral and conventional transgressions were observed among two toddler groups. Each of 16 day care center classrooms, eight serving 13- to 27-month-olds and eight serving 18- to 40-month-olds, was observed for three 45-minute sessions. Implications of results concerned the developmental origins of distinctions between…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Check Lists, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Peer reviewedMiller, Peggy; Sperry, Linda L. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1987
An ethnographic approach is used to determine how anger and aggression relate to the native childrearing theories held by child caregivers from an urban, working-class neighborhood. The three socialization contexts identified were the caregiver's life experiences, childrearing ideology, and childrearing practices. (JS)
Descriptors: Aggression, Anger, Child Caregivers, Ethnography
Peer reviewedPhillips, Deborah; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Examines the influence on children's social development of variation in the quality of child care environments. Findings suggest that overall quality, caregiver-child verbal interactions, and director experience were each highly predictive of the children's social development in day care. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Educational Environment, Family Environment
Download full textHonig, Alice S.; Wittmer, Donna S. – 1982
The emergence of sex-role stereotypes in dependency behaviors exhibited toward day care teachers by male and female toddlers was explored. Communication and interaction attempts, or bids, that 25 male and 25 female toddlers from low income families in day care made toward their teachers were analyzed. Instrumental bids requesting help were…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedLandis, Lydia J. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1992
Analysis of the labor participation of 65 mothers of infants and toddlers with disabilities found a slightly greater proportion of 1-parent families than expected, entry into the labor force at approximately the same rate as other mothers, a greater proportion of mothers engaged in part-time employment, and predominance of spouses as childcare…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Demography, Disabilities
Provence, Sally, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This anthology contains 19 articles selected from the "Zero To Three Bulletin" from 1984 through the spring of 1992 and organized into five sections. The section on relationships in infant/toddler child care includes: "Infants in Day Care: Reflections on Experiences, Expectations, and Relationships," by J. H. Pawl; and…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Development Centers
Hatch, J. Amos, Ed. – 1995
This book consists of a set of studies and essays that represent the best work being done in the area of qualitative research in early childhood settings (children from birth to about age 8). Research in this area involves studies of young children in educational contexts, day care, and preschool settings. The Introduction, "Qualitative…
Descriptors: Action Research, Child Caregivers, Classroom Research, Cross Cultural Studies
Griffin, Abbey – 1992
This report covers the risks to health, safety, and emotional well-being for infants and toddlers in child care settings, and examines opportunities for diminishing those risks and promoting healthy development. Part 1 examines the risks of poor caregiving practices, including the spread of infectious disease, the incidence of injury, and the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Caregivers, Child Health, Child Safety
