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Direct linkDuncan, Simon; Edwards, Rosalind; Reynolds, Tracey; Alldred, Pam – Children & Society, 2004
Government expansion of child care services is based on the assumption that both parents are employed (the adult worker model) and make cost-benefit calculations in choosing child care (the rational economic choice model). This paper addresses this assumption, based on research examining mothers' assessments of appropriate child care. These…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Care, Family Work Relationship, Models
