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DAY CARE
 

DEFINITION:  “A term used to describe non-parental care during the day for children too young to provide for their own needs and safety.” (Encyclopedia of Social Issues)

 

NARROW THE TOPIC:

·        Do children in non-parental care have more problems than those who stay with parents?

·        Should wages of child care workers be raised?

·        What role should the government play in child care?

·        What factors should be considered in choosing appropriate child care?

·        What role should the government play?

·        Should employers provide child-related support for their employees?

·        Are any of the European child-care systems a good model for the United States?

·        Are there any successful examples of day care ?

·        How successful has Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 been?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Day Care; Child Care; School Age-Child Care; Children-Institutional Care; Child-Care Centers.
 

SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:

Encyclopedia of Community	REF HN 756 .E53 2003
Encyclopedia of Education	REF LB 15 .E47 2003 "Child Care"
Encyclopedia of Human Development	REF HM 626 .E53 2006
Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics and Policy	REF HC 110 .P6 P598 2004 v.1"Child Care"
U.S. Laws, Acts, and Treaties	REF KF 385 .A4 U152 2003 “Child Care Development Block Grant Act (1990)”

 

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

America’s Children: Opposing Viewpoints  (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

Contemporary World Issues: Child-Care Crises

CQ Researcher      “Child Care Options”    5/8/98

Encyclopedia of the Family

Opposing Viewpoints:  Juvenile Crime; Male/Female Roles

 

STATISTICS:

Information Plus:  Women's Changing Role; Growing Up In America  (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

U.S Census: Child Care http://www.frc.org/file.cfm?f=KEYWORD&key=CC

Statistical Abstract of the United States  (also at Reference Desk)

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

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Expanded Academic ASAP

OmniFile Full Text Mega

Education Full Text

ERIC

Business Source Elite

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers

 

SUGGESTED INTERNET SITES:

National Child Care Information Center	http://nccic.org
U.S. Census Bureau Child Care	http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/childcare.html
Family Research Council	http://www.frc.org/childcare.cfm

 

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