DOES DAY-CARE IN CRECHES PRESENT A RISK - A CRITICAL-ASSESSMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ON CRECHES

Good enough care for infants and toddlers is still an unresolved issue . Many experts are in favour of installing more infant daycare facilit ies, often claiming positive research results from foreign countries. In a review the preconditions for transferring these results are prove d: Methodological reliability of the studies quoted, consistency of th e results, and explicit knowledge about the framework conditions of th e infant daycare centres studied abroad. The minimal conditions for su ch a transfer did not turn out to be met. The author makes a statement for forms of childcare allowing more individual attention to a child, as long as the quality standards of German infant daycare centres do not reach a level that is necessary to prevent developmental risks.