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/^t/Keeping a retarded child at home would mean that the whole family is strongly affected. One of the parents has to resign from his or her professional career. Also, both parents have considerably less time for other children. Although children with Down's syndrome show some mental development, the progress would be painfully slow and they will never reach an adolescent's mental age. This is why they require more time and energy. This is also why their parents may even neglect other, normally developing children to their detriment. Brothers and sisters of the retarded child may be afraid and may decide never to have their own children. Observing a child with Down's syndrome may have negative effects, not only psychological, on normal kids, and this is one of the important reasons why in most cases retarded children should be put into a public institution.