If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

A Working Paper on Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child website, called, “Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships,” makes the following point about the importance of supporting adults who work with young children:

“‘Quality’ in early child care and education…is often defined in terms of adult-child ratios, group size, physical facilities, and, more recently, cognitively oriented curriculum. But ‘quality’ is perceived differently when we view child care as a prominent feature of the environment of relationships in which young children develop. The importance of ensuring that relationships in child care are nurturing, stimulating and reliable leads to an emphasis on the skills and personal attributes of the caregivers, and[…]