Day care USA
A statement of principles 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11637974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Urie Bronfenbrenner (Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 86-95 |
| Publication date | 1971-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peabody Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-956X • E-ISSN: 1532-7930 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01619567109537773 |
| OpenAlex | W2031139458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Day care is coming to America. The question is: What kind? Shall we follow the pattern of certain other nations in which day care programs have served further to separate the child from his family and reduce the family's and the community's feeling of responsibility for their children? Or, shall the American model of day care retain and rededicate our commitment to the family as the primary and proper agent for the process of making human beings human? The program here described opts for the second alternative, not only because it is more in keeping with our national traditions, but also because scientific studies indicate that a young child needs for his development the kind of attention and close interpersonal relationships that a family can best provide. But in what sense can day care strengthen the family in its child rearing functions? To answer this question, we must understand what has taken place in the way in which children are reared in the United States.3 As a recent study describes it
Political science · Statement (logic · Child Welfare and Adoption · Early Childhood Education and Development · Law · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |