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Dr. Palmeri acknowledges that the day-care experience described its our article was "qualitatively comparable" and "a good surrogate" for that of the home-reared child. He agrees that infant day care "...did not interfere with the maturation and emergence of that important developmental landmark, separation anxiety and protest." He recognizes, as do we, that thought and feeling are interwoven. He expresses concern that the comments offered in our paper "may induce pediatricians to take infant day care lightly...."