From the abstract: "Evidence suggests that household chaos is associated with less optimal child outcomes. Yet, there is an increasing indication that children’s experiences in childcare may buffer them against the detrimental effects of such environments... Using data from The Family Life Project (n = 1235)—a population-based sample of families from low-income, rural contexts—our findings indicated that household disorganization in early childhood was predictive of worse cognitive and social outcomes at approximately age 5. However, these relations were substantially attenuated for children attending greater childcare hours..." highlights and full article

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