Again, this is a more traditional view of family involvement looking at participation on boards. Understanding the role of the family in the provision of quality and the family support aspect of child care as it relates to quality, however, is not discussed. The development of a partnership between home, school and child care becomes more difficult not only for the reason that the dynamics are more complex but also because of the nature of the school and child care systems. One of the major barriers toward collaboration between school-based programs and child care programs is the power imbalance between the child care and education systems. Greater coordination between these two systems must occur, but how this is to happen is not clear.
Education is one important aspect, education of all the professionals involved.
In addition, a chance to dialogue is critical. The hope is that a sense of mutual respect will develop along with collaborative goal setting and programming, so that the benefits would flow to all children and families involved. Factors related to quality in child care . Defining family-centered early educator's beliefs of public school, child care, and Head Start teachers.