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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by bildung on Thursday April 27, 2017 @07:34AM (#14210711)
> Also, you americans take away your babies from your mothers after few weeks, putting them to a cold hearted institutions, making them frustrated for life? In exchange for what, extra 1 % of GDP from working mothers? That's a pretty bad deal I must say.

> Most people in Europe would see this as a barbaric practice, as we know children need a close contact with parents till at least 2.5 years (don't you study developmental psychology there?), and our social systems support that.

I am from Europe, and have studied developmental psychology, and I can assure you that there is no empirical evidence for your claims of daycare hurting development of children. Quality of parent<>child bonding does not correlate with children's age when entering daycare.

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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by ryanar on Thursday April 27, 2017 @08:55AM (#14211053)
The attachment relationship cam be affected by daycare if the promary caregiver becomes the people in daycare.

A childs temperament settles after 3 and imo 0-3 is a critical period for bonding with the parent.

I would suggest a healthy mix of some daycare and some stay at home parenting, so the child can better socialize with other children and learn from them, but also grow a secure attachment to their parent and observe the adult world, not just what other children do.

Bowlby's attachment theory ref https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.psychologistworld.c...

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