The large body of research on separation anxiety in working mothers supports the view that maternal attachment increases with the time a mother spends with her baby, and decreases when she spends less time. Thus, programs that essentially relegate parents to the role of part-time caretakers [e.g. day care] may inadvertently subvert the parental competence and healthy family functioning they purport to promote.
Dana Mack, The Assault on Parenthood: How Our Culture Undermines the Family, p.186-187
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