Article: DAY CARE PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS IT'S BAD FOR CHILDREN.(Perspective)

Byline: Derrick Jackson

Jay Belsky gave no sign of cowering under the barrage of intellectual tomatoes being hurled in his direction. "Some people say I am setting child care back 20 years," Belsky said. "But, right now, some families and children are being chewed up. Is that necessary?"

Belsky, a psychologist at Penn State University, has ignited a fiery debate over infant child care. Over the last nine months, Belsky has published articles that assert that non-maternal day care for more than 20 hours a week for infants under a year old is a "risk factor." The risk, Belsky said, is that day care at that young an age could impede secure relationships ...

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