I have been looking forward to this class for an entire semester. Since my Bachelor's degree is in Psychology, I have a love for research and conducting research. I had to conduct research for my undergraduate degree and was ecstatic to find that I had statistically significant results for one the measurables. I hope that after forming the simulated research project during this class there will be an opportunity to test the hypothesis.
The research subject that interests me is around attachment and relationships. Are child-caregiver relationships stronger in home-based care than in center-based care?
I am interested in this topic because I have been involved in child care in so many different aspects. I have worked in centers as a teacher will all age groups, and I have been a family child care provider in my home. As a parent, my children have been in center-based care and in home-based care. I know that from my own experiences that when my children attended home-based care they had the same caregiver for several years. When attending center-based care they changed caregivers at least every year. For some years, the caregiver changed after only a few months due to staff turnover. I wonder how that changes the relationship that is built between the child and the caregiver.
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