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How to Handle Emotional Deprivation in Children

How to Handle Emotional Deprivation in Children

In 1953, Dr. John Bowiby wrote that every baby must have “a warm, intimate and contin­uous relationship with his mother,” or else he will not thrive. Although this theory of emotional deprivation has been heavily criticized for its assumption that a mother-child relationship must be continuous (there is no proof whatsoever that a child must […]