If we took the time to properly consult our very young children about where they would prefer to spend their formative years, especially before they are three years old, there is no doubt that a majority would tell us that place would be with their mother, father or other primary care giver.
That is not to say that children do not or cannot enjoy group care situations. However, we need to think very carefully about what it is that daycare settings, in all their different forms, have to offer children in their earliest years when parents choose or need to work.
Clearly, what they cannot give children in the same abundance is the focused care, attention and love that most children take for granted in their own homes, no matter how concerned and attentive the people responsible for that care.
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