You Can't Always Get What You Want—Infant Care Preferences and Use Among Employed Mothers

By L. Riley, J. Glass. 2002

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Profiles of choice: Parents’ patterns of priority in child care decision-making (2009, background): “Despite these policies, some children and families end up with child care arrangements that are less than ideal given their needs, priorities, and preferences ( Riley & Glass, 2002; Scott, London, & Hurst, 2005).”
Mothers' search for infant child care: the dynamic relationship between availability and desirability in a continental European welfare state (2008, background): “Yet, rare examples of prospective longitudinal research (Pungello & Kurtz-Costes, 2000; Riley & Glass, 2002) show that mothers who selected non-parental care demonstrated a more positive attitude toward maternal employment, and that the use of non-maternal care positively influences the preference…”
Parental Decision Making About Child Care (2008, background): “Evidence exists that a mother’s commitment to work and career orientation are influential to later child care choices (e.g., Kuhlthau & Mason, 1996; Mason & Kuhlthau, 1989; Pungello & Kurtz-Costes, 1999; Riley & Glass, 2002).”