This is the only comprehensive study of family-based child care since 1980. It chronicles the carefully designed and detailed study on family child care and rel

"... A study of 820 mothers and 225 of their children in the homes of 226 providers [of family day care] in three communities: San Fernando/Los Angeles, Califor

How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "exper

FDCRS consists of 32 items, organized under six major headings: Space and Furnishings for Care and Learning -- Basic Care -- Language and Reasoning -- Learning