Day Care and Socialization
I.    Background Information
        A.    Statistics on labor force participation of mothers
        B.    Why are more women in the labor force
        C.    Child Care Arrangements:  Changing Trends

II.    Waves of Research on Non-Parental Care
        A.    Wave 1:  Does extensive, routine, non-parental care in the first years of
                life undermine a child's well being?

        B.    Wave 2:  What factors in child care affect the development of day care reared
                children?

        C.    Wave 3:  Is there a difference between children who are put in group care in the
                first year of life and those who are older when they are put into day care?

        D.    Wave 4:  How do famiy interaction and child care variables influence children
                in day care?



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