It is a well-known fact that a parent is considered to be the most effective caregiver for their children. It is also known that with the daily responsibilities of financially caring for a child, parents work full-time and/or part-time jobs. Despite having to do so, many children attend nursery/pre-school settings. Of course, it is the parents' responsibility to carefully choose where they decide to take their children. This is because parents know that while they are away for numerous hours a day, their children are in the hands of another healthcare provider and that their care would have a huge impact on their children. At a young age, a child's social and cognitive skills continue to take shape, and the amount of time spent in these settings has a resilient impact on the child's development. With adequate and superior care, regardless of the time involved, such positive effects on a child's development should persist in the child's cognitive and social development. In other words, attending nursery school has a great benefit on the child's development. It has been noted that recent studies specify that “more than half of children between the ages of 3 and 5 in the United States attend child care centers.” before kindergarten” and “Given these high rates of use, the quality of these early child care experiences has become an important public policy issue” (Peisner-Feinberg 2001). Part of the problem is thought to be a result of parents not knowing what the main purpose of nurseries/childcare facilities is and what high-quality nurseries consist of when they consider their children should attend them. First, knowing the purpose of daycare/childcare facilities is the main factor in determining whether a parent should consider...... middle of paper ......J: NIEER.Brandtjen, H. , & Verny, T. (2001). Short- and long-term effects on infants and toddlers in full-day kindergarten. Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health, 15 (4), 239-286. Loeb, S., Bridges, M., Fuller, B., Rumberger, R., & Bassok, D. (2005). How much is too much? The influence of preschool centers on the social and cognitive development of children (no. 11812). National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.Peisner-Feinberg, E., Burchinal, M., Clifford, R., Culkin, M., Howes, C., Kagan, S., & Yazejian,N. (2001). The relationship between the quality of preschool child care and the cognitive and social developmental trajectories of children through second grade. Child Development, 72 (5), 1534-1553Phillips, D., McCartney, K., & Scarr, S. (1987). Quality of child care and children's social development. Developmental Psychology, 23(4), 537-543. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.23.4.537