According to research investigating the effects of child-care programs on children's cognitive development
a. children in child-care programs are much slower to develop cognitive skills than children of the same age who remain at home.
b. children in child-care programs generally are slower in language development than children who stay at home; however, the children in child-care programs dramatically improve and catch up by the time they finish kindergarten.
c. middle-class children who have been in child-care programs are similar to home-care children, in terms of their cognitive development.
d. there are no observable differences in the cognitive development of children in child-care programs and those cared for at home.
C
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