Title: Child care - Wikipedia
Headings: Child care
Child care
Contents
Overview
Child care by country
Australia
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
India
Japan
Mexico
Norway
Spain
United Kingdom
United States
New Zealand
Types
In the child's home
In the provider's home
Center based childcare
Staff
Non-profit daycare
Family child care homes
Informal care
Children caring for adults
Effects on child development
Formal care
Health issues
Childcare infection
Value of unpaid childcare
Monetary value
History
Business
Access
Standards and requirements
Child development
Early cross cultural research on child care outside the home
See also
Notes
References related to the United States
References
External links

Content: In addition, background checks, drug testing at all centers, and reference verification are normally a requirement. Child care can consist of advanced learning environments that include early childhood education or elementary education. " The objective of the program of daily activities should be to foster incremental developmental progress in a healthy and safe environment and should be flexible to capture the interests of the children and the individual abilities of the children." In many cases the appropriate child care provider is a teacher or person with educational background in child development, which requires a more focused training aside from the common core skills typical of a child caregiver. As well as these licensed options, parents may also choose to find their own caregiver or arrange childcare exchanges/swaps with another family. Contents
1 Overview
2 Child care by country
2.1 Australia
2.2 Canada
2.3 Denmark
2.4 France
2.5 Germany
2.6 India
2.7 Japan
2.8 Mexico
2.9 Norway
2.10 Spain
2.11 United Kingdom
2.12 United States
2.13 New Zealand
3 Types
3.1 In the child's home
3.2 In the provider's home
3.3 Center based childcare
3.3.1 Staff
3.4 Non-profit daycare
3.5 Family child care homes
3.6 Informal care
3.6.1 Children caring for adults
4 Effects on child development
4.1 Formal care
5 Health issues
5.1 Childcare infection
6 Value of unpaid childcare
6.1 Monetary value
7 History
8 Business
9 Access
10 Standards and requirements
11 Child development
11.1 Early cross cultural research on child care outside the home
12 See also
13 Notes
14 References related to the United States
15 References
16 External links
Overview
Childcare varies dramatically across cultures. While many global communities prefer children aged 7–10 for designated caregiving responsibilities, children no younger than 12 are preferred in the Western world where paid childcare is common. For example, very young children in Zaire regularly use machetes safely and skillfully while American middle-class adults do not trust their young children with knives. Child development is not just biological or psychological—it is also a cultural process and it is not universal. In countries where children are given more responsibility the adults serve as "occasional supervisors" and children take pride in their responsibilities.