Children who spend more than 35 hours a week at nursery show higher levels of antisocial behaviour than those spending less time in daycare, according to government-funded research.
An evaluation of a £370m government scheme to expand childcare and encourage parents back to work found children were more likely to display antisocial behaviour the longer they spent in nurseries.
The study found positive as well as negative effects, however. Children appeared to gain in confidence, but those in daycare for longest were more "antisocial, worried and upset".
The study, based on profiles of more than 800 children and families at 100 centres, said: "Long hours in the nursery (more than 35 hours a week) had both positive and negative effects on children's behaviour: they were more confident and sociable, but more antisocial and more worried and upset."
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