And of course with all of the documented evidence that suggests that extended time with mother in the first months and years is essential to having a socialised child, we have no idea where all of the "feral children" they write about so avidly come from do we ?

And right now child policy for the Tory party is being done by Ian duncan Smith who is advocating very extended periods off. His argument being, amazingly, that society is better off with properly brought up educable kids rather than those who remain unsocialised cos their parents are on the treadmill all day every day.

keep to the Fen Causeway