I'm worried my children don't have the same bond with me and the same stability in their outlook because they attend childcare for the majority of the week. I see other children tagging along behind their mums (not necessarily doing anything exciting but just 'being with mummy') and I wonder whether they will have a better feeling of belonging than my children who are cared for by several different people. It fills me with a deep sadness to think my children are slightly different than if they'd been with me every day since they were born. I'd have learned to cope with them and discipline them properly and we'd have perhaps formed a better relationship because we were just always with each other. And it makes me very sad to think that the time is slipping away and we'll never get this precious time back. I wonder if I'd been with a different partner whether he'd have realised the importance of this grounding, instead he believes outside childcare helps children develop and has encouraged me to continue to work fulltime.
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does childcare have a lasting effect on childrens' wellbeing?
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Lorelei2 · 05/07/2016 20:35
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