Children in high-quality early childhood education are buffered from changes in family income

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-10/sfri-cih101614.php

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Oct-2014

Contact: Hannah Klein
Society for Research in Child Development
Children in high-quality early childhood education are buffered from changes in family income

While losses in family income predict increases in behavior problems for many children, attending high-quality early childhood education and care centers offers some protection against families' economic declines, according to a new study out of Norway. In Norway, publicly subsidized high-quality early childhood education and care is available to all children, from low-income to affluent, starting at age 1. The study found that children who don't take part in such programs have more early behavior problems when their families' income drops.

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