 Instead of marriage, Montessori decided to continue her work and studies.Montessori wanted to keep the relationship with her child's father secret under the condition that neither of them would marry anyone else.When the father of her child fell in love and subsequently married, Montessori was left feeling betrayed and decided to leave the university hospital and place her son into foster care with a family living in the countryside opting to miss the first few years of his life.