Regarding the effects of day care, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Poor quality day cares can create behavior problems that did not exist beforehand.
b. High quality day cares can improve children's cognitive, social, and language skills.
c. Quality day care consists of such things as a small number of children per caregiver, small overall group size,
and stability of the child's day care experience.
d. Children in high-quality day cares tend to have poorer relationships with their mothers.
ANSWER: d
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