Stenseng said she created her own licensed child care because she was dissatisfied with options for her children and wanted to create a facility that supported alternatives such as cloth diapers, attachment parenting and extended breast-feeding. She disagreed with the state report, arguing that most parents were aware of her "comfort nursing" practice. "To them," she said, "it was a very natural fit" with their parenting philosophies.

Katy Chase of the Family Child Care Association believes providing more mentors would raise child-care quality. Public funding covers mentoring for only five providers a year, she noted.

Payne, the author of national child-care guidelines, said ultimately it's up to states to ensure safety at home-based day care.

"This is their house," she noted. "But is it safe enough for kids? That's the bottom-line question."

在一个位于明尼苏达州德卢斯的家庭托儿所中，德博拉·斯坦森用一种不寻常的方式来安慰婴儿。每当婴儿吵闹或不喝奶时，她会解开衣服，让婴儿吮吸自己的乳房，但她并没有分泌乳汁或在给自己的孩子喂奶。

监督机构后来发现，更糟的是，一些父母对斯坦森这种做法毫不知情，另一些父母要求她不要这样带他们的孩子，她却公然违背了这些父母的要求。最后，有人向圣路易斯县有关监督部门投诉，监督部门1月取缔了斯坦森的托儿所，4月吊销了她的执照。颁发执照的官员说：“她越过了身体接触的界限，事态很严重。”

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