> How much time does that take of the person who is helping? It doesn't appear to be hours, although they help, but rather consistency over large periods of th

> How much time does that take of the person who is helping? It doesn't appear to be hours, although they help, but rather consistency over large periods of the child's life. In happier cases this is provided by parents and close family friends; teachers come and go and the family might move, but the parents provide emotional stability in the child's life. In less happy circumstances the issue is that some teachers and some foster parents might be great at what they do, but they only exist inside the child's life for a very short period of time. Again, I am far from an expert here.