Preface / Suzanne W. Helburn -- Childcare, maternal employment, and public policy / Sandra L. Hofferth -- Defining and assessing early childhood program quality / Debby Cryer -- The Kellogg Child Development Center : high-quality childcare / Lorna Kellogg -- Childcare experiences and developmental outcomes / Margaret R. Burchinal -- Families and childcare : divergent viewpoints / Susan D. Holloway and Bruce Fuller -- Regulating childcare quality / William Gormley, Jr. -- Market constraints on childcare quality / John R. Morris -- Childcare 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 childcare and education / Wolfgang Tietze and Debby Cryer -- Who should pay for the kids? / Paula England and Nancy Folbre -- Making childcare "affordable" in the United States / Barbara R. Bergmann.