Children at home and in Day Care (full reference later on)

Raises questions about the "effects of these alternate environments" outside of the home. Although most day care and nursery centres are not connotated as being rough, many people do fear "that being in day care will harm children." (2) Yet, within this book day care is being discussed and described as any other care for children that is not carried out by immediate family i.e parents and grandparents. Therefore, here the term day care can be associated with babysitters, other people/carers entering the family home.
Stewart et al highlights some of the funding questions surrounding this topic; "what is the nature of the attention received from their care givers in day care? what is the significance of their daily seperations from their mother?

N.B This ties into my investigation and co-insides with many questions that I have on the subject. Specfically when looking into the intellectual development

(3) "What aspects of the day-care environment are critical for providing such stimulation of development? Can children be given enough stimulation to ensure their intellectual development/growth in a day-care facility with a large group of children and few-care givers or in a home care arrangement with a disinterested caregiver?

Methodology (31)
The study is carried out through two parts; intense observations at different points of the day 'you' want it to be as realistic as possible as many studies "simply visit families when it is convenient for the parents". This does not allow for the researcher to gain valid and reliable evidence as the situation is false. Second part involves interviews with both parents and caregivers. The data from the observations was collected through utterances being recoreded from the adult to the child and vice versa.