Does child care have a negative effect on the development of children? There is conflicting evidence from Australia and across the world of the negative effects that child care has on children. Researchers in the UK and US have both found that exposure to long term for young children impacts on the way they relate to people for the rest of their lives. In Australia research has been done that is not seeing the same effects and claims that day care isn’t the problem it is the quality of that care. What is the current situation for parents in Australia? Do they have to put their children into day care because there is no other option or because they want to return to their careers? Click on Web Extra to explore child care from the perspective of some little attendees in one centre in Thornleigh.