The findings are from one of the largest and most comprehensive studies on the effect of early childcare that has followed 1,364 children from birth in the United States. The study found that both positive and negative effects of experiences in the first four or five years of life are evident at the age of 11.
Lead author Professor Jay Belsky, director of the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues at Birkbeck College, University of London, told Nursery World, 'The more these children were in centres, the more disobedient and aggressive they were up to the age of 11.'
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