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The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development did a study that found that an increase in childcare hours led to an increase in "assertive, noncompliant, and aggressive behaviors" in a minority amount of the children in the study. The study said that the mother's sensitivity to her child was the better indicator of reported problems than was the time in childcare. The Harvard Family Research Project is doing a study on after school programs right now but there are no published results as of now. Jade said that if she were at home instead of at the club she would probably watch a lot more television and eat more. After school clubs help children to not get involved in crime, gangs, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and other problems, according to America After 3 p.m. In New York City, after school programs started by the Boys and Girls Clubs in selected public housing developments saw significant drops in drug use, presence of crack cocaine and police reports of drug activity,according to the National Institute on Out-of-School Time.

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