From time-to-time, Crème de la Crème will post excerpts from recent articles and studies regarding childcare and child development issues.

Crème encourages you to locate the entire article or study and will post the applicable web site if available.

Please understand that Crème is not necessarily endorsing, and may even disagree with the content of these articles.  However, we are providing this information to families for their evaluation.

 

CHILD CARE AT A PREMIUM

Long waiting lists become the norm in growing county

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10188-2004Oct5.html  The Washington Post - October 07, 2004
By Bill Brubaker

 

RESEARCH ON DAY CARE FINDS FEW TIMEOUTS

http://www.nytimes.com The New York Times - February 10, 2004

By Melissa P. McNamara

 

A HARD LESSON IN FAMILY ECONOMICS: IN DAY CARE, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

http://www.careerjournal.com/columnists/workfamily/20030117-workfamily.html The Wall Street Journal - January 17, 2003

By Sue Shellenbarger

 

HELPING CHILDREN FEEL SAFE IN UNSAFE TIMES

http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/safe_in_unsafe_times.html

By Robin F. Goodman, Ph.D., A.T.R.-BC

 

LEARNING BEYOND MEASURE

A good education doesn’t depend on a good ranking

http://www.nytimes.com The New York Times - September 17, 2002

By Richard R. Beeman

 

DOES UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL PAY?

Support for the idea is growing, but the tab will be high

http://www.businessweek.com BusinessWeek – April 29, 2002

By Alexandra Starr

 

GAINS FOUND FOR THE POOR IN RIGOROUS PRESCHOOL

Tracking a program and finding lower crime and fewer dropouts

http://www.nytimes.com The New York Times National - May 9, 2001

By Jacques Steinberg

 

SCIENCE, STUDIES AND MOTHERHOOD

http://www.nytimes.com The New York Times - April 22, 2001

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

                  

RESEARCHERS FIND LINK BETWEEN BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS AND TIME IN CHILD CARE

Finding that aggression grows along with hours away from parents

http://www.nytimes.com The New York Times - April 19, 2001

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

 

BUILDING BLOCKS FOR EVERY KID

The science says it all: preschool programs are neither a luxury nor a fad, but a real necessity

http://www.msnbc.com/news Newsweek - February 12, 2001

By Anna Quindlen

 

YOUR CHILD - BIRTH TO THREE

New Insights - How Learning Begins

http://www.msnbc.com/news Newsweek - Special Edition - Fall/Winter 2000

 

BACK TO DAY CARE

As new research shows that children in day care develop more quickly than their peers, more parents are signing up

http://www.msnbc.com/news Newsweek - October 16, 2000

By Susan H. Greenberg and Karen Springen

 

DAY-CARE KIDS HAVE LOWER ASTHMA RISK, STUDY FINDS

Early Exposure To Germs May Boost Immunity

http://www.denverpost.com The Denver Post - Thursday, August 24, 2000

By Susan Okie of The Washington Post

 

NATIONAL STUDY EXAMINES REASONS WHY PUPILS EXCEL

Class Size and Preschool Access Are Cited

http://www.nytimes.com The New York Times - Wednesday, July 26, 2000

By Jodi Wilgoren