Many people have strong feelings about who should care for children. Should children be cared for at home by a parent? What about attending daycare or another type of nonparental care? When seeking evidence to explores these issues, it is challenging to study the effects of nonparental care on infants for a variety of reasons.

1. What are some of the factors making this type of research difficult?

2. What differences do you think you would find between employed and non-employed parents of infants?

3. How might the differences you identify impact the type of attachment infants develop?