Almost every working mother is faced with a dilemma - that of leaving her young child in someone else’s care. With the rise of nuclear families, the creche seems like a good option for many.

“Depending on the urgency with which the mother has to get back to work, and the health and habits of the child, one can decide to start leaving the baby in a creche as early as four months,” says school and family counsellor Gauri Tatke. She warns working women about the ‘too young’ syndrome though. “I have seen mothers give up lucrative jobs because they thought their children were not old enough to be in a creche, ” she says, adding that the decision has to be taken some day.
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