Show Good Moms Help Stimulate Kids How do experiences of children in day care centers differ from those of children cared for by their mothers at DO THE same features of home care that promote a child's healthy development also apply in a day care These and other questions about the relationship of environment and experience to the and emotional development of young children are being explored in a Harvard University study supported by the National Institute of Mental a part of HEW's Health Services and Mental Health PREVIOUS research by the Harvard researchers has indicated that children who seem exceptionally well-developed and emotionally are strongly influenced by daily the most dramatic-apparent difference between well-developing and poorly-developing young children can be linked to the amount and quality of interaction between child and MOTHERS of well-developing the research spend much more time interacting with They engage the youngsters in more stimulating teach and encourage them more initiate activities more and are more successful in controlling THE PRESENT study will gather detailed information about the experiences and environment in a wide variety pf day care centers and and then seek to identify and compare experiences which contribute to and development in each kind of answers found in the study will provide knowledge very useful to parents as well as professional people concerned with child |