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Article: NEW SQUABBLE OVER DAY CARE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2001
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IN AN AGE WHEN FEW WOULD QUESTION A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO HOLD ANY JOB
SHE CAN DO, A MOTHER'S RIGHT TO WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME WHILE RAISING
CHILDREN REMAINS CONTROVERSIAL.Conservatives say we need to
restore full-time motherhood as a social norm; feminists say we need
to ensure better child care. Maybe both sides are offering simplistic
solutions that ignore the complexities of real life.
The contentious debate was reignited last week by the latest
report from the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development's study of early child care. The widely publicized study
found that children who spend a lot of time in day care in their
first four years, regardless of the quality of care, ...