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Everyparentwants whats best for their little ones.
But its not always easy to know what exactly that means.
To learn more about this topic, we reached out toDr.
Corinne Masur, a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst.
She was kind enough to have a chat withBored Pandaand discuss some of the issues with modern childcare.
This is what is needed for optimal development.
Frequent staff changes are not helpful for the young infant or toddler.
The loss of the familiar caretaker represents an important loss for an infant.
This is not optimal.
Infants are best cared for by the same one or two caretakers for their first three years of life.
The expert also says that the staff in daycare centers are often overworked and stressed themselves.
This does not enable them to provide optimal care for individual infants.
But unfortunately, this isnt usually possible.
Sadly, she noted that the U.S. does not currently have good options forchildcare.
Our government does not adequately support children and parents.
Short of this, daycare is the only option, the expert explained.
So what changes would we need to see to allow parents to stop relying on daycare?
We need to put excellent childcare and early education at the top of our list of priorities.
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