Nursery nurses and nursery teachers II: Their attitudes towards pre-school children and their parents.

A survey of nursery nurses' and nursery teachers' attitudes towards children and their parents produced clear differences between the professional groups. Day nursery nurses expressed more sympathetic attitudes towards both children and parents than did their colleagues in centres and schools, while teachers had more sympathetic attitudes than nursery nurses. Teachers' attitudes towards parents were not related to their attitudes towards the children, while this was the case for nursery nurses. The difference between teachers and nursery nurses in their attitude towards parents is discussed in relation to differences in educational levels, consequences and possible mediation strategies.