I've been taking an interest in issues around this: "child care in general does not affect test scores, but has a negative effect on non-cognitive outcomes, su

I've been taking an interest in issues around this: "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)." Lately. I believe this is serious factor in the seemingly exponential rise in juvenile crimes in our city lately. I have also been exploring bad learning / testing in the schools along with lots of other problems like bullying and violence.. talking with some people who work in these areas, it appears no amount of money thrown at the schools / teachers / in school counselors / resource officers is going to fix it... unless things are fixed at the homes of all the kids in the community. I believe in many of these communities one of the prevalent factors is no stay at home parent.. and sadly this has been going on for so long, in many cases the parents do not have the right knowledge or skills to teach the kids as they likely grew up in a similar no at-home parents, stare at the tube and get bigger kind of situation as well. I am interested in any research into these areas.