Pick up the baby (or dire consequences will ensue)!
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| Title: | Pick up the baby (or dire consequences will ensue)! |
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| Authors: | Blackman, Jerome S. |
| Source: | International Forum of Psychoanalysis. Mar2017, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p33-37. 5p. |
| Subjects: | Child analysis, Mother-infant relationship, Crying in infants, Child development, Trust |
| Abstract: | Decades of psychoanalytic developmental studies on children one year of age and under point to the need for maternal soothing when the infant is crying. Contrary to behavioral theorists who recommend letting the infant “cry it out,” data from analytically informed researchers of very different orientations converge on the conclusion that rocking, feeding, and/or verbal soothing by the mothering figure are requisite to set the stage for good mental health during the rest of the child’s development. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Abstract: | Decades of psychoanalytic developmental studies on children one year of age and under point to the need for maternal soothing when the infant is crying. Contrary to behavioral theorists who recommend letting the infant “cry it out,” data from analytically informed researchers of very different orientations converge on the conclusion that rocking, feeding, and/or verbal soothing by the mothering figure are requisite to set the stage for good mental health during the rest of the child’s development. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| ISSN: | 0803706X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0803706X.2016.1195515 |
