The research on how mothers and fathers share childcare shows that
a. mothers spend about twice as much time as men in taking care of children.
b. US and Canadian fathers have not really increased their child-care responsibilities in recent years, despite what you hear in the popular press.
c. mothers may do more of the housework than fathers do, but fathers and mothers devote equal time to child care.
d. the individual differences in sharing child-care responsibilities are so great that we cannot draw any clear-cut conclusions.
Question 2
Which of the following represents the best summary of the current research on child care?
a. Children who have been in child-care programs show consistently better social skills than children cared for primarily at home.
b. Children in child-care programs show advanced cognitive development, but they are much less likely to show secure attachment to their mothers than children cared for at home.
c. Although attachment seems to be unaffected by child-care programs, cognitive development can be delayed due to the lack of individual attention.
d. Many factorssuch as quality of program and the families' economic backgroundseem to influence the effects of child-care programs on children.
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