One of the Difficulties with Determining the Impact of Non-Parental

question 54

Multiple Choice

One of the difficulties with determining the impact of non-parental care on infants and young children is that

• A) extended parental benefits now allow parents to stay home during the critical or sensitive periods of brain and emotional development, altering their impact.
• B) the quality and monitoring processes for daycares and licensed home-care providers negates any risk of negative impacts.
• C) non-parental care is poorly defined and includes a wide range of providers, from grandparents to licensed daycares.
• D) stress levels of working parents are so high that this issue is more important to research than non-parental care outcomes.

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