I did read the article. It didn't link to the CityLab article that I posted, which I found to be a bit easier to read. If you read the meta-analysis paper that

I did read the article. It didn't link to the CityLab article that I posted, which I found to be a bit easier to read. If you read the meta-analysis paper that they link to that describes the "not so good for the well being of the kids", you'll see that they're comparing children that attend daycare to children that are wholly raised at home with one or more parents: > A recent view of effects of previous child care exposure on outcomes in adolescence suggest that more hours in child care in general does not affect test scores, but has a negative effect on non-cognitive outcomes, such as impulsivity and risk-taking (Vandell et al., 2010). These negative findings have nothing at all to do with subsidized vs. non-subsidized childcare.