Preface / Suzanne W. Helburn
Child care, maternal employment, and public policy / Sandra L. Hofferth
Defining and assessing early childhood program quality / Debby Cryer
The Kellogg Child Development Center : high-quality child care / Lorna Kellogg
Child care experiences and developmental outcomes / Margaret R. Burchinal
Families and child care : divergent viewpoints / Susan D. Holloway and Bruce Fuller
Regulating child care quality / William Gormley, Jr.
Market constraints on child care quality / John R. Morris
Child care workers : high demand, low wages / Marcy Whitebook
Hiring a nanny : the limits of private solutions to public problems / Julia Wrigley
Current trends in European early child care and education / Wolfgang Tietze and Debby Cryer
Who should pay for the kids? / Paula England and Nancy Folbre
Making child care "affordable" in the United States / Barbara R. Bergmann.