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A very large social experiment has taken place without much public debate in Norway. In 2009 the government passed a law guaranteeing day care services for all children aged one to five years (Lov om barnehager, 2005, revised in 2009). In addition to the law revision the Ministry of Education made a framework plan (Rammeplan for barnehagens innhold og oppgaver, 2006) that operationalized the legal acts which specify how they should be carried out in practice. Framework plans are found in all compulsory education. These decisions can be understood as an implementation of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child, which recognizes children’s right to care and welfare (UNCRC 1989: Article 3 & 27), and also as a continuation of the public policy encouraging women’s equality in the Norwegian labour market. This decision represents a historical shift in care ideals, in that it moves the ideal from a partially mixed model where the parental caregiving role dominates to a mixed model where professional care dominates. Now the first Norwegian generation to enjoy a legal right to formal care in day care centres from the age of one is growing up.
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Ytterhus, B. (2015). Does One Size Fit All? Physical Placement, Organizational Structure, and Parental Satisfaction in Norwegian Day Care Centres. In: Traustadóttir, R., Ytterhus, B., Egilson, S.T., Berg, B. (eds) Childhood and Disability in the Nordic Countries. Studies in Childhood and Youth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137032645_10
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