There is nothing now available to parents called childcare or daycare that is even grossly similar to Abecedarian in the program that is delivered, the
characteristics and social circumstances
of the
children and families that are served, the teachers and staff who are employed, the age at which
children are initially
enrolled (6 weeks), the continuity
of enrollment from infancy to 5 years, the delivery
of on - site primary health care, program leadership and management, or costs.
For example, since the 1970s, Finland has implemented a comprehensive and fully publicly - funded school system which
enrols all
children regardless
of their socioeconomic background or personal abilities and
characteristics.
A
child who is five at that point and is not
enrolled in kindergarten is statistically unusual as well as likely to have
characteristics or to be in circumstances that are different from those
of the mass
of children whose families participate in the market for center - based programs.