In recent years, no issue has been more heatedly debated than the impact of early day care on cognitive and psychosocial development. The volatility of the issue is understandable in the United States, a country in which approximately half the families with young children have both parents working. Concern about day care became almost feverish in 1986 when prominent developmentalist Jay Belsky concluded that extended day care (more than 20 hours per week) beginning in the first year of life is a "risk factor" for the development of insecure infant attachments with parents. Although Belsky's arguments reinforced what many feared to be true about infant day care, his conclusions did not go uncriticized. Much of the criticism centered on the relatively small statistical difference in the proportion of day-care and home-reared infants who were found to be insecurely attached based on Belsky's use of the Strange Situation for measuring attachment. One positive outcome of the day-care debate has been the increased awareness among legislators and the general public of the need for affordable, high-quality day care for infants. What is your opinion? Is attending day-care centers during the first three years of life psychologically damaging to children? What evidence supports