Researchers said this correlation held true regardless of whether the children came from rich or poor homes, were looked after by a relative, a nanny or at a child care centre, and whether they were girls or boys. The government-sponsored research tracked more than 1,300 children at 10 sites across the US since 1991. Children who spend over 30 hours a week in childcare demonstrate more problem behaviours later on' However, it is not certain whether child care actually causes the problem or whether children likely to turn out aggressive happen to be those who spend more hours in child care. It's not as simple as just reducing hours in childcare. Some parents just don't have the luxury of changing their lives, regardless of what the experts say.
Child care is their only option if they want to make ends meet.
And one of the researchers involved in the study admitted that asking parents to work fewer hours and spend more time with their children usually meant a loss of family income, which adversely affects children. Complicating matters further, quality child care is associated with increased skills in intellectual ability like language and memory, leading some academics to suggest that child care turns out children who are 'smart and nasty'. When families have a child in child care there is always a question of balancing work, family and child care,'' said Professor of Education Robert Pianta, another scientist conducting the study. The more hours a week in child care, the more that balance gets difficult to achieve. I suspect that's the issue.