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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.1

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Nancy Rosenzweig:
      (617) 577-8020
Diane Huggins
      (615) 256-9915

INVESTOR CONTACT:

Mike Hogrefe
      (615) 256-9915


            Bright Horizons Family Solutions Announces August Results

Boston, Mass. and Nashville, Tenn., September 24, 1998 - Bright Horizons Family
Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq - NM "BFAM") today announced operating results for the
month of August 1998. Revenues for the August period were $17.2 million and net
income before merger and integration costs was approximately $438,000. The
merger between Bright Horizons, Inc. (Nasdaq - NM "BRHZ") and CorporateFamily
Solutions (Nasdaq - NM "CFAM") was completed on July 24, 1998. Merger and
integration costs will be reflected in the Company's results for the third
quarter ending September 30, 1998.

         Bright Horizons Family Solutions provides workplace services for
employers and families, including childcare, early education and strategic
worklife consulting. The newly combined company manages 268 family centers, has
approximately 8,800 employees and serves more than 31,000 families in 35 states
and the District of Columbia.

         This news release contains forward-looking statements, which involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' actual
results may vary significantly from the results anticipated in these
forward-looking statements as a result of factors that are discussed in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated June 17, 1998.