Mister Rogers Talks with Parents About Daycare

Date: 1988
Format: VHS
Company/Organization: PBS Video
Purchase/Stream: Amazon (VHS)

Produced by Family Communications, Inc., 1983. Distributed by PBS VIDEO.
©1988 Public Broadcasting Service.

Description

Original air date: April 24, 1983

Filmed in the studios of WQED / Pittsburgh, Mister Rogers Talks With Parents About Daycare features the expert opinion of Fred Rogers as he discusses this topics with parents and educators.

This thirty-minute special includes visits to multiple daycare centers where Fred Rogers talks with the director, teachers, and parents about daycare. Topics include separation anxiety for both children and parents, a child's adjustment to the daycare environment, and how to select the proper day care option.

Guests

Jerlean Daniel, PhD
William Highett, MS

Images

Notes

This special preceded Mister Rogers' Neighborhood's Day Care and Night Care week of episodes which originally aired in April of 1983.

It's You I Like is used as background music throughout this special.

This special features a short advertisement for the Plan and Play Book.

Credits

Producers: Sam Newbury, Molly Youngling
Directors: Paul Lally, Molly Youngling
Editors: Sam Newbury, Nick Spies
Music Director: John Costa
Assistant Director: Rich Dwyer
Production Assistants: Casey Brown, Lynne Park
Production Coordinator: John Cosgrove
Studio Supervisor: Doug Coates
Lead Technician: Ken Anderson
Lighting Director: Frank Warninsky
Technical Director: Jim Ochtun
Studio Cameras: Don McCall, Bob Vaughn
Audio: Jim Durham
Video: Tom Deluga
Videotape: Mike Laver
Videotape Editor: Kevin Conrad
Videotape Sound: Bob Millslagle
Floor Manager: Nick Tallo
Prompter Operator: Jim Seech
Studio Production: Kate Kearney
Set Designer: Jack Guest
Properties: Alexis Samulski
Location Production: Jerry Hughes, Mark Knobil, Fred Roth, Jan Stief
Special Thanks To: Louise Child Care Center, The Carnegie-Mellon Child Care Center, Mercy Hospital Child Development Center, Carlow College Child Development Center
Consultants: Albert V. Corrado MD, Victoria Dimidjian PhD, Margaret B. McFarland PhD, Dr. Douglas Nowicki OSB, Rev. Neil R. Paylor PhD

Produced in Association with WQED/Pittsburgh
Executive Producer: Fred Rogers