Primary caregiver separation

[jonas-e]

I've heard Stefan and others say that being separated more than 20 hours a week from the primary caregiver is damaging for children - which would mean that daycare is practically a no-go.

• Is that true?
• If so, can you direct me to the documentation?
• From and to what age would that be the case?

[Wuzzums]

I know it's an upcoming presentation. Here is a link to a thread about it: https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/39621-the-truth-about-daycare/

[jonas-e]

Thanks, your link appears to be broken?

[Wuzzums]

It works for me. It's on a separate board for FDR projects, you have to be logged in in order to access it. Does that fix it?

[jonas-e]

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[jonas-e]

Wow, I'm surprised that this content is visible when not logged in - it is highly personal - I don't want the whole world to be able to read it, so I'd better delete some of it.

[Ashton]

Erm i can provide with you some studies that back this up if you'd like.

[jonas-e]

Thanks, that would be great - please do!

[Ashton]

Thanks, that would be great - please do!

Awesome. I'm away tonight, but tomorrow i'll post a few for you. I should be able to liberate the pay wall blocked studies to.

[Ashton]

Ok so far i can't find the study that Stef often quotes, but i have found a lot of conflicted studies:

 

Study:

 

Effects of early daycare on children's attachment security and social-emotional development

 

KINDHEIT UND ENTWICKLUNG

Volume: 22

Issue: 1

Pages: 5-13

DOI: 10.1026/0942-5403/a000093

Published: 2013

 

 

 

This article provides an overview of the current state of research on the effects of early daycare on children's attachment security and social-emotional development. The focus is on the importance of framework conditions and family factors. Depending on family background, different implications may result. If certain quality standards and framework conditions are met, early daycare can be beneficial for young children's development.

 

 

NONMATERNAL CARE IN THE 1ST YEAR OF LIFE AND THE SECURITY OF INFANT-PARENT ATTACHMENT

 

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Volume: 59

Issue: 1

Pages: 157-167

Published: FEB 1988

 

 

 

The results of our analyses add to a growing body of evidence indicating that extensive nonmaternal, and especially nonparental, care initiated in the first year of life-at least as experienced in samples studied in this country-is associated with patterns of attachment that are commonly regarded as evidence of insecurity (Belsky & Isabella, in press; Gamble & Zigler, 1986). Our findings are particularly noteworthy because they replicate results recently reported by investigators studying samples quite similar to our own in other regions of the country. Like Barglow et al. (1987) and Schwartz (1983), who studied middle-class infants in the Chicago and Ann Arbor, Michigan, areas, respectively, we too found extensive nonparental care to be associated with heightened avoidance of mother.

 

 

Most important study

 

Early child care and children's development prior to school entry: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care

 

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL

Volume: 39

Issue: 1

Pages: 133-164

Published: SPR 2002

 

 

 

Effects of early child care on children's functioning at the age of 41/2 years wee a examined in the NICHD (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Study of Early Child Care, a prospective longitudinal study of more than 1,000 children. Even after controlling for multiple child and family characteristics, children's development was predicted by early child-care experience. Higher-quality child care, improvements in the quality of child care, and experience in center-type arrangements predicted better pre-academic skills and language performance at 41/2 years. More hours of care predicted higher levels of behavior problems according to caregivers. Effect sizes associated with early child-care experiences were evaluated in relation to effect sizes obtained for two other well-recognized influences on early development: parenting and poverty. The findings indicated the importance (and relative independence) of quantity, quality, and type of child care for children's development just prior to the time that children initiate formal schooling.

 

 

INFANT DAY-CARE, ATTACHMENT, AND THE FILE DRAWER PROBLEM

 

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Volume: 65

Issue: 5

Pages: 1429-1443

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1994.tb00827.x

Published: OCT 1994

 

 

 

The research literature on infant day-care and attachment may be biased by the unavailability of ''file drawer'' studies, unpublished data showing no statistically significant effects. Replication studies, whether showing an effect or not, are essential to clarify the relation between day-care and attachment. This study of 105 12-month-olds is an attempt to replicate four similar studies summarized and combined by Belsky to show that infants in day-care are at risk for insecure attachment. In the present study, no results were robust enough to emerge consistently, although there was a trend for more negative attachment outcomes to be associated with little or part-time day-care rather than with full-time day-care. In general, the results suggest that the specific measures, definitions of full- and part-time, and statistical techniques used in studies examining the relation between day-care and attachment are likely to affect the outcome of such studies.

 

 

NONMATERNAL CARE AND THE SECURITY OF INFANT MOTHER ATTACHMENT - A REANALYSIS OF THE DATA

 

INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT

Volume: 15

Issue: 1

Pages: 71-83

DOI: 10.1016/0163-6383(92)90007-S

Published: JAN-MAR 1992

 

 

Data from 13 studies (N = 897) were combined to allow tests of the associations between the experience of, extent of, and onset of nonmaternal care and the security of infant-mother attachment as assessed in the Strange Situation between 11 and 24 months of age. Secure attachments were significantly more common among infants in exclusive maternal core than among those who experienced regular nonmaternal core for more than 5 hrs per week, and ratings of avoidance were also higher among those receiving regular nonmaternal core. Insecure attachments were significantly more common among those infants assessed above 15 months of age and among those who entered care between 7 and 12 months of age, rather than before. Extent of nonmaternal care was not significantly associated with attachment classifications; insecure attachments were not more common among those in care for more rather than less than 20 hrs per week. However, log-linear analysis revealed a complex interaction between age of assessment and extent of core, such that part-time care (relative to full-time care) was associated with insecurity among those assessed at older ages and with security among those assessed at younger ages.

 

 

 

Here are some to get your started. Like in my thread i have posted, daycare seems to be in a difficult spot right now. There are studies that show negative and positive effects, but there is no concesus of opinion within the science literature.

 

From my reading (Many studies) <20 hours a week of high quality childcare and parental interaction benefits the child more then just high quality parental interaction. But the lowering either aspects (Childcare and parental) increases negative effects.