This study analyzed academic journal trends to identify the relationship between major keywords related to childcare teachers’ treatment. In total, 78 papers published in KCI journals from 2001 to 2024 were analyzed. For the analysis data, frequency analysis, network analysis, and CONCOR analysis of major keywords were performed using the Textom program. The results are as follows. First, papers published from 2001 to 2010 accounted for 11.54% of all papers, with the largest number being published in 2015 at 12.82%. Second, the keywords, “childcare,” “teachers,” “daycare centers,” “child,” “jobs,” and “child abuse” were the most frequent in descending order, and the TF-IDF analysis showed “daycare center,” “child,” “child abuse,” “childcare,” “teachers,” and “jobs” as common terms, indicating that child abuse is significant in relation to the treatment of childcare teachers. Third, the results of network analysis showed that treatment keywords were closely connected to the keywords “teachers,” “childcare,” “daycare centers,” and “jobs.” Ego network analysis centered on the keyword “treatment” identified “teachers,” “childcare,” and “policies” as significantly related, and they were also more significantly connected to policies than other keywords. As a result of CONCOR analysis identified clusters related to childcare and job stress and clusters related to child abuse and policy in daycare centers, indicating that the treatment of childcare teachers is closely related to job stress and child abuse. This study assessed the need to re-evaluate the professional competence of childcare teachers and provide reasonable treatment by exploring research trends on the treatment of childcare teachers and suggested future research related to the treatment of childcare teachers.