Mother's Care

A research suggests that young children looked after by their mothers develop better than those cared for in nurseries, or by relatives or child minders. Nearly 1,200 children were monitored from birth to the age of three. The social and emotional development of babies who were cared for by someone other than the mother was "definitely less good".The study said that, Mothers are the best carers, followed by nannies and child minders, then grandparents, and nursery care was the worst