The home–daycare link: mapping children’s new world order

Similarity of Mothers’ and Preschool Teachers’ Evaluations of Socialization Goals in a Cross-Cultural Perspective

“…Every parent would feel uncomfortable admitting to being not satisfied with his or her child's child care as long as the child attends that child care institution. As Shpancer (2002) Parental satisfaction with care may also be shaped by cognitive dissonance (Clarke-Stewart et al, 1994;Kontos, 1987) as parents-faced with limited options and a dearth of affordable qualitystruggle to justify their choice of daycare to themselves and others. (p. 382) A limitation of this study was the assessment of socialization goals by means of a questionnaire, which implies less access to parenting beliefs.…”

Parceria família-creche na transição do bebé para a creche

“…Apesar de vários estudos indicarem que diversas variáveis do ambiente familiar (e.g., nível socioeconómico, número de elementos do agregado familiar, ordem na fratria) estão relacionadas com o envolvimento parental na creche (e.g., Shpancer, 2002), este estudo encontrou apenas associações positivas entre a parceria mãe-educadora, relatada pelas mães, e (a) a qualidade do ambiente familiar e (b) o nível de escolaridade materno. Assim, foram as mães de nível educativo mais elevado, e mães com ambiente familiar de qualidade mais elevada, que revelaram atitudes mais positivas em relação à parceria família-creche e que indicaram como mais prováveis os comportamentos de parceria.…”

Saying Goodbye: An Investigation into Parent–Infant Separation Behaviours on Arrival in Childcare

“…It must be noted that this was significantly related to whether the infant in the pair was aged between 6-13 months and was also related to whether the infant attended child care for less than 27 hours each week. Given that the seeking and sharing of information is particularly important for the continuity of care infants experience (Aloa, 2008;Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer, 2007) and the sense of security they forge in their child care environments (Brodkin, 2007;Mason & Duberstein, 1992;Owen, et al, 2000;Shpancer, 2002;Sims & Hutchins, 1999;Waters & Deane, 1985), caregivers need to better understand how infants' age and hours of attendance can influence parent-caregiver communications.…”

“…• parent-caregiver communication correlates with caregivers knowing how to respond more appropriately to individual children in their care, many of whom cannot speak for themselves (Owen, Ware, & Barfoot, 2000;Shpancer, 2002);…”