The link between caregiver-parent relations and children's experiences in daycare and at home: What does the research tell us?

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-20

  Shpancer, N ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver parent relations; Children; Daycare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010699464     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443971350102     Document Type: Article

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