The Daily Stat: Toddlers Cared for by Grandma Have Lower Scores

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile AUGUST 17, 2012 Toddlers Cared for by Grandma Have Lower Scores For every year that a young child spends being cared for by a grandmother or other relative while the mother works, his or her test scores at age 3 to 6 drop by 2.6%, say Raquel Bernal of the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia and Michael P. Keane of the University of New South Wales. Formal, center-based child care has no such adverse effect on cognitive achievement, according to the study of more than 1,000 U.S. single mothers and their children. Prior research suggests that grandparents are often stressed by child care and may not provide adequate educational activity. Source: Child Care Choices and Children's Cognitive Achievement: The Case of Single Mothers Share Today's Stat: FEATURED PRODUCT Build, Borrow, or Buy: Solving the Growth Dilemma HBR Press Book How should you grow your organization? It's one of the most challenging questions an executive team faces — and the wrong answer can break your firm. So where do you start? By asking the right questions, argue INSEAD's Laurence Capron and coauthor Will Mitchell, of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Drawing on decades of research and teaching, Capron and Mitchell find that a firm's aptitude for determining the best resource pathways for growth has a defining impact on its success. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Stat: BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR's Must Reads Library Set Guide to Persuasive Presentations Guide to Better Business Writing Guide to Getting the Right Work Done PREVIOUS STATS Numbers of Stay-at-Home Dads Rise Dramatically You Get the Biggest Bang from an MBA if You've Never Held a Job Women's Competitiveness Drops When Fertility Is Low Disgust Makes People More Receptive to the New The Product in the Center of the Shelf Is the Winner Are Americans Ready to Cut the Cord on Cable TV? Improve Your Golf Game By Thinking Powerful Thoughts Invest in Karma to Get a Job? Why Not? Why a Female Scientist in a Pink Dress Is No Hero to Girls Congested Spaces Give Rise to Most Incidents of Rudeness Introducing HBR's Morning Advantage The Harvard Business Review Morning Advantage delivers the latest business ideas from beyond HBR.org directly to your inbox every morning — and it is free! Sign up today >> UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "The Daily Stat" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2012 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)