It was something of a surprise - a shock even - when the Daily Mail this week ran a headline saying 'Babies "are better off in nursery than being looked after by grandparents"'. You might expect this newspaper to just about admit that babies are better off in nurseries than being sent down the mines, but in general, group daycare gets a very hard time from the Mail.
The study referred to was carried out by researchers at the Institute of Education in London, and looked at nearly 5,000 children whose mothers worked when they were nine-month-old babies (see News, page 4). The findings should be encouraging for nurseries striving to offer a high-quality service to working parents.
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