Even babies don't need you. The median intelligence quotients of the sample groups were below average. Researchers blended everyone from those who worked five to 43 hours per week. Even common sense could nuzzle up to that conclusion. But such does not permit a sweeping conclusion that any child from any home will be unaffected when, barely out of the womb, her mother leaves her with stran gers.
Most mothers understand instinctively what's best for their children, and most do the best they can.
If a mother has to work and needs day care to provide food for her children, no one can blame her wishing for reassurance that her child won't be damaged. But common sense also tells us that a mother's intransigent love cannot be approximated by even the most attentive hired help. No study will ever otherwise convince me or millions of other mothers who know better. These pages are dedicated to all kids, but especially to Riana, Maia, and Christopher.