I. Overview -- 1.Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development : an overview of the NICHD study of early child care / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- II. Child care use and quality -- 2. Child care in the first year of life / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 3. Characteristics of infant child care : factors contributing to positive caregiving / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 4. Child care characteristics of infants with and without special needs : comparisons and concerns / Cathryn L. Booth, Jean F. Kelly -- 5. A new guide for evaluating child care quality / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 6. Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- III. Why consider family effects in a study of child care? -- 7. Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care of infants / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 8. Before Head Start: income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 9. Change in family income-to-needs matters more for children with less / Eric Dearing, Kathleen McCartney, Beck A. Taylor -- 10. Chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and child functioning at 36 months / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 11. The interaction of child care and family risk in relation to child development at 24 and 36 months / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- IV. Child care and health -- 12. Child care and common communicable illnesses / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 13. Child care and common communicable illnesses in children ages 37-54 months / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network --

V. Child care and mother-child relations -- 14. The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 15. Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 16. Caregiver-mother partnership behavior and the quality of caregiver-child and mother-child interactions / Margaret Tresch Owen, Anne M. Ware, Bill Barfoot -- 17. Child care and mother-child interaction in the first 3 years of life / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 18. Early child care and mother-child interaction from 36 months through first grade / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- VI. Child care and psychological development -- 19. Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at 24 and 36 months / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 20. Early child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 21. Does amount of time spent in child care predict socioemotional adjustment during the transition to kindergarten? / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 22. The relation of child care to cognitive and language development / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 23. Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2? / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 24. Child outcomes when child care center classes meet recommended standards for quality / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 25. Child care structure -> process -> outcome : direct and indirect effects of child care quality on young children's development / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 26. Early child care and children's development prior to school entry / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- VII. Effects of families on the development of children who are in child care -- 27. Factors associated with fathers' caregiving activities and sensitivity with young children / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 28. Relations between family predictors and child outcomes : are they weaker for children with child care? / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- 29. Families matter, even for kids in child care / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network -- VIII. Commentary -- 30. Human developmental science serving children and families : contributions of the NICHD study of early child care / Sharon Landesman Ramey.