Daycare kids strive better in school vs stay at home kids?

I don’t think in the long run it makes a difference. There may be some correlation due to other factors. In terms of academic achievement, if that’s what you’re talking about.

I think daycare kids definitely adjust to school better. Between his 1st birthday and his 5th birthday we worked from 2 days to 4 days and they were long days eg 8am-5.30pm. so switching to school 5 days a week but shorter days 9am-3pm he adjusted really well. They've also learnt social skills, following rules in different settings, following instructions in a group etc.

https://www.kidsclubchildcare.com.au/staying-home-v-sending-child-childcare/#:~:text=A%20major%20study%20by%20the,or%20those%20who%20attended%20daycare. "A major study by the Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) concluded that there were no significant differences in outcomes between children primarily cared for at home or those who attended daycare. However, children in high-quality child care centres had better results when compared with those in poorer quality settings."

Nope. I think this is very child dependent and has no baring on if they went to daycare or not. I was a SAHM for all my kids when they weren’t in school. There’s a wide range of how they approach school. Some are straight A students. Some struggle to maintain a C average.

Probably have an easier time with the initial adjustment. Long term, no difference. Kids at home might have better homemaking skills, mine were horrible growing up and still very much a work in progress

Tbh I think it also depends on whether the 'stay at home kids' attends play groups and has a very social life or not. I have a friend that kid never went to any day care but they were out almost every day going to different classes vs my neighbour who literally only leaves the house to go shopping or families houses which isn't often. Her son literally screamed for hours on his first day at age 4 to the point staff had to ask her to come pick him up early. He's also an only child so basically rarely interacted with other kids.

I guess it depends on how the stay at home kids were parented and on the quality of the daycare center! If the stay at home kids go to parks and the library to play with other kids they may do just as well socially! And if the parents and teachers are both doing good learning activities in with their play both could do very well academically!

As a kindergarten teacher, I would say kids that have had some preschool tend to adjust better. But daycare is not preschool. So I don’t agree

When my oldest son first started school he was one of the few kids who didn’t cry when the mothers left and the teacher asked if he’d been in daycare which I replied yes then she said that’s why he didn’t cry because he’s used to it.

Absolutely but they don’t have to start as babies. 3 is the perfect age to start preschool to prepare them for kindergarten. Obviously it does depend on the school you send them to though. By 3 they should know how to hold a pencil, cut paper, trace, letter recognition, etc. but these things could also be done at home.

I’ve had both and at the end of the day all three of my kids have turned out fine. I will say with my oldest, he went to daycare from the time he was like six months to the time he started kindergarten and the transition into kindergarten was easier on him than it was my middle and youngest who were stay at home kids. But even then, they eventually got the hang of it.

Psychology major here: Short answer is, “no.” They are conditioned to handle the parental separation more but over all mental well being, no.