Alison Clarke-Stewart was Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean of Research at the University of California, Irvine. Virginia D. Allhusen is Research Associate in Psychology and Social Behavior and a senior researcher in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development at the University of California, Irvine.

• Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE: A NATION TRANSFORMED 1. Making the Best of Difficult Choices 2. The Evolution ofChildcare in the United States 3. Childcare in the United States Today PART TWO: A QUARTER CENTURY OF RESEARCH 4. Studying Childcare 5. Effects of Care 6. Variations in Care 7. The Caregiver's Role 8. The Family's Place PART THREE: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 9. Making Better Childcare Choices 10. Planning Better Childcare Research 11. Implementing Better Childcare Solutions Notes Index

What We Know About Childcare...offers an exhaustive, evenhanded account of what the latest research proves--and what it disproves--about childcare's impact on children.

Alison Clarke-Stewart was Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean of Research at the University of California, Irvine. Virginia D. Allhusen is Research Associate in Psychology and Social Behavior and a senior researcher in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development at the University of California, Irvine.

• Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE: A NATION TRANSFORMED 1. Making the Best of Difficult Choices 2. The Evolution ofChildcare in the United States 3. Childcare in the United States Today PART TWO: A QUARTER CENTURY OF RESEARCH 4. Studying Childcare 5. Effects of Care 6. Variations in Care 7. The Caregiver's Role 8. The Family's Place PART THREE: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 9. Making Better Childcare Choices 10. Planning Better Childcare Research 11. Implementing Better Childcare Solutions Notes Index

What We Know About Childcare...offers an exhaustive, evenhanded account of what the latest research proves--and what it disproves--about childcare's impact on children.

Alison Clarke-Stewart was Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean of Research at the University of California, Irvine. Virginia D. Allhusen is Research Associate in Psychology and Social Behavior and a senior researcher in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development at the University of California, Irvine.

• Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE: A NATION TRANSFORMED 1. Making the Best of Difficult Choices 2. The Evolution ofChildcare in the United States 3. Childcare in the United States Today PART TWO: A QUARTER CENTURY OF RESEARCH 4. Studying Childcare 5. Effects of Care 6. Variations in Care 7. The Caregiver's Role 8. The Family's Place PART THREE: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 9. Making Better Childcare Choices 10. Planning Better Childcare Research 11. Implementing Better Childcare Solutions Notes Index

What We Know About Childcare...offers an exhaustive, evenhanded account of what the latest research proves--and what it disproves--about childcare's impact on children.