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I like to highlight stories reporting on the good results of our work. However, I think it is also important for us to examine the views of our critics. In this light I urge you to read the article, "Nurturing Children: Why 'early learning' doesn't help" reporting the views of Canadian developmental psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld:
"For Dr. Neufeld, the capacity for healthy relationships is meant to unfold in the first six years of life. 'It’s a very basic agenda,' he says. 'By the fifth year of life if everything is continuous and safe then emotional intimacy begins. A child gives his heart to whomever he is attached to and that is an incredibly important part….The first issue is always to establish strong, deep emotional connections with those who are raising you. And that should be our emphasis in society. If we did this, we would send our children to school late, not early.'"
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