Kith and Kin [microform] : Informal Child Care: Highlights from Recent Research / Melanie Brown-Lyons, Anne Robertson and Jean Layzer.

Although informal care provided by relatives, friends, and neighbors is the oldest and most widespread form of child care, it received little attention from researchers or policymakers until the late 1980s. This report summarizes what available research says about informal child care and identifies...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Brown-Lyons, Melanie
Corporate Author:	Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty
Other Authors:	Robertson, Anne, Layzer, Jean
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2001.
Subjects:	Abstracts. Caregiver Child Relationship. Child Caregivers. Day Care. Early Childhood Education. Family Day Care. Family (Sociological Unit) Infant Care. Parent Background. Parent Caregiver Relationship. Trend Analysis. Young Children.