This reply to critics of early schooling includes a discussion of learning environments, attachment, child development, and socialization, emphasizing the positive aspects of early schooling. The "dangers" of early schooling are said to be eliminated when programs match the needs of children and their families. (ST)

Examines some of the basic issues involved in creating a warm and safe day-care environment for infants and toddlers, one that supports and promotes development and learning. Describing policies that were generated from everyday classroom experience, discusses the issues of security and trust, separation anxiety, group size, exploration and…