The Nation - News from Oct. 13, 1985
A child-care expert endorsed a bill introduced by Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) that would give mothers four months of protected maternity leave. A woman would be guaranteed her job when she returns to work and would not lose seniority under the bill. Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, 67, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, said the first four months are when the most critical stages of development take place in the mother-child relationship.
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