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According to the Women’s Bureau of the U. S Department of Labor (1935), A day nursery or day care center has its primary function the provision of good group care and supervision of supplemental parental care during the day because parents are unable to care for due to employment, sickness or for some other reason.
A United Nations (1956) report defines day care as “an organized service for the care of children away from their own homes during some part of the day when circumstances call for normal care in the home to be supplemented”. Thus definition is based on the conception of day care “ as a supplement to, but not as a substitute for parental care”.
The day care and child development council of America (1970) defines day care as “A service which provides essential care and protection to children outside their homes for a major part of the day on a regular basis. Good day care assures opportunities for physical, emotional and intellectual growth to the maximum of the child’s capacity through group programs for preschool and school-age children as well as through family day care.
The emphasis in day care programs is on the primary provision of care and protection; food, shelter adult supervision and supplementation of primary parental roles. The day care facility may, incidentally, educate. In fact, the good day care facility uses its time with the child further his development, but care sand protection are the first responsibilities of day care.
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