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03/08/2016
My daughter wrote a term paper recently on the negative effects of daycare on children. As she did her research (which included your book "In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms"), she learned interesting facts such as how the mother/child bonding process is interrupted when children are dumped into daycare, and how this lack of solid bonding can have a lifelong effect.
My daughter has lived with me (a stay-at-home mom) all her life so she knows the benefits first-hand, but it was still very eye-opening for her to read the research, and that helped solidify her views on this topic. The most shocking thing to her was finding numerous news articles about children who were physically hurt in day care - everything from getting sunburned due to lack of attention to falling out of windows and more.
When my daughter shared her research, many of her friends and classmates were stunned (many of them assume they will have a career and utilize daycare), and wanted to know more. I'm happy to say some of the girls are reconsidering what was their default mode because of the conversation they had with my daughter. If her sharing this information helps even one future family it will have been worth it. I wanted to let you know how your book is being used to influence the futures of young women who aren't even mothers yet. Thank you!
Terry
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