If a parent asks for your opinion about whether to put an infant in day care, what would you say and why?

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Concerns regarding the possibility of mental health risks associated with group day-care were first raised half a century ago (Bowlby, 1951; WHO Expert Committee on Mental Health, 1951). However, over the years, there has been a highly controversial debate regarding the effects of day-care and the issue is still far from resolved now (Borge, Rutter, Cote & Tremblay, 2004; Belsky, 2001). Firstly, before moving on to reviewing the empirical evidence for various theories regarding the day-care effects, it …

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