The purpose ofthis article is to clarify the structure ofproblcms entailed in cooperation of childcare actiVi − ties revealed in a theoretica ユexamination and a case study . Conflicts of values by which childcare actiVities arc ev 訌1uatcd and cooperation of childcare activities are placed on coordinate axes and the relationship is s亡 ructured for a theoretical examination . The case study reveals specific problerns about cooperation of child − care activities . The result of the thcoretical

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... ination and the case analysis suggcsts that we necd : 1 ) to rccognize that mere formal cooperation can negatively affect the children involved 2)to solve value differ − ences not by avoiding conflicts , but by reserving extra time to find solutions 3)to rcalize and vcrbalizc the ac −