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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You cannot study this well—at least in the U.S.

Many American sahm’s are lower income and uneducated. Many well-resourced professional parents have flexibility and money that counteracts the negative effects of daycare.

But IF you could hold all variables the same you have to be insane to think a 0-2 child prefers institutional care staffed by low wage workers (kind as they may be) to a parent or grandparent. I would say 0-6 but 0-2 is the most critical as anyone who has ever spent time with a toddler would realize[/quote]

When DD was a baby the daycare staff were absolutely better at meeting DD's needs than my elderly parents. Now that she is older my parents do a lot better with her. Most neglect and abuse happens at home by relatives fyi. Vanishingly lite occurs at licensed child care centers.

You are assuming every family is the same. You are also only looking at one side of the equation. If having a parent at home is marginally better for the baby but devastating for the stay at home parent's mental health/career/financial independence the baby is probably better off in the long term having gone to daycare. I wish I had.[/quote]

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