Group childcare has a positive impact on child development from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Keita Kanamori, Tomohisa Suzuki, Chiharu Ota, The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group · 2024
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Description
Does group childcare help or hinder a small child's development? Keita Kanamori, Tomohisa Suzuki, and Chiharu Ota answer with one of Japan's largest birth cohorts in a 2024 study. Nearly forty thousand children from the Japan Environment and Children's Study were split between those who entered group childcare early and those who did not.
Development was scored in five areas, from communication to motor and social skills, at six months and three years. At six months the groups looked the same. By three years, children with early group care fell below the concern cutoff far less often in every area. The edge was largest for communication and personal-social skills, and it grew with age. The authors read the result as a positive effect of early group care in the Japanese setting.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Keita Kanamori, Tomohisa Suzuki, Chiharu Ota, The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |