What really matters when it comes to daycare

Perhaps the most critical decision parents face in their parenting journey is who will be the primary caregiver of their cherished and vulnerable new baby. For most parents over the centuries, this has been the role of the biological mother, but in the last 50 years, we have seen a huge cultural shift in the United States, with a larger percentage of mothers reentering the workforce with very young children. In 2006, 62% of mothers with children under the age of 6 were employed outside the home -- in comparison to 11.9% in 1950.

API Cofounders Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson explore child attachment as it relates to non-parental child care in this article from API's online magazine.