text: what effects does daycare have on a childs development? what effects does daycare have on a childs development? some findings on daycare:  1. the more hours children spent in a daycare center as infants, the lower their preacademic skills were when they were 54 months old; the more hours children spent in a daycare center as toddlers, the higher their language skills were when they were 54 months old.   - source: "type of child care and children's development at 54 months"; nichd early child care research network early childhood research quarterly vol. 19, number 2. , 2004. page(s) 203-230.   2. the more hours children spent in daycare centers, the more likely care providers were to report such behavioral problems as immature behavior, attention problems, and aggressive behavior when the child was 54 months old. the same relationship between hours in daycare and behavior problems existed, with regard to center care experienced at any earlier period of the child's life.   source: "type of child care and children's development at 54 months" nichd early child care research network; early childhood research quarterly vol. 19, number 2. , 2004. page(s) 203-230.   3. in this study, a regression analyses that adjusted for site, maternal education, gender, ethnicity, type of care and amount of child care, found that good quality care-giving was associated with higher linguistic, cognitive, and social outcomes as well as less behavior problems as reported by the care-giver.   source: "diversity, child care quality, and developmental outcomes"; burchinal, m. r.; cryer, d. early childhood research quarterly vol. 18, number 4. winter, 2003. page(s) 401-426.