Childcare and the Impact on Childhood Development

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Childcare and the Impact on Childhood Development.
Jim Bean
SOC 345
Lori Viasqez
August 27, 2012

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While the cost of living has caused the need for both parents to work, the need for childcare has risen. With a growing number of women preferences’ to remain in the workforce after starting a household, this has led to a dramatic change in the mother child union. The most important influences in childhood development are maternal love and care. There is significant attachment to the person who takes care of the child.
While the cost of living has caused the need for both parents to work, the need for childcare has risen. “The United States (US) Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there are nearly 35.5 million women with children under the age of 18 in America. More than two-thirds (24.1 million) of them work either full- or part-time.”   (Tong, Shinohara, Sugisawa, Tanaka, Maruyama, Sawada, & Anme, 2009) This has caused a shift in the traditional way that child rearing has occurred. In the past the father went to work, and the mother took care of the home. The mother and child union was stronger, now the child develops an attachment to the person who takes care of them.
Life Span Theory
Bronfenbrenner’s life span theory explains that there are five layers to the development of children to adults. These layers are, microsystem, this is family, play area, and school. Mesosystem is the interaction of other microsystems, like an abusive mother may lead to trouble with other authority figures.   Exosystems is a wider area this can be social services, friends of family, and law enforcement. Macrosystem this is the cultural norms, and traditions of a particular group. The Chronosystem this is transition in a person’s life, like...