High-quality child care for low-income children: Long-term benefits
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 05:49
in Psychology & Sociology
More than 12 million U.S. children under age 6 attend child care or preschool programs. A new longitudinal study of low-income children has found that children in high-quality preschool settings had fewer behavior problems in middle childhood, and that such settings were particularly important for boys and African American children.