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Despite the widespread use of family day care throughout North America, it remains one of the least studied and least understood forms of child care. This paper discusses findings from the Vancouver Family Day Care Research Project in the context of divergent policy recommendations from earlier studies of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Of particular interest are findings regarding the role of licensing, specific training, and personal motivation and professional identity as they relate to quality of care.
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The study was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The authors thank Robin White and Warren Weir for their assistance in collecting and analyzing the data reported in this paper.
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Pence, A.R., Goelman, H. The relationship of regulation, training, and motivation to quality of care in family day care. Child Youth Care Forum 20, 83–101 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756691
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