From kindergartens to the implementation of nurseries, Dagli asili d’infanzia alla realizzazione dei nidi

The contribution aims to briefly outline the historical and cultural path that led to the birth of the crèche as a public service for children aged 0-3 in the 1970s. Unlike other childcare services that were created with an explicit educational purpose, its creation is mostly socially motivated, as it responds to the need for a place to provide care and assistance for the children of working mothers. Progressively, it has increasingly taken on a precise educational function. Therefore, the crèche is not only a necessary and relevant social service to enable women to work, but also a place for the overall growth of the child itself and, in particular, an opportunity to meet with peers, a fact that is certainly very important todayin relation to changes in the composition of the family, within which the vital sibling relationships are disappearing.