Bonding -- EDPR 2111 Sec 007 TR 0940-1105

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Date Posted: 08:21:40 02/07/07 Wed
Author: Danielle Campbell
Subject: Bonding

In my own opinion, bonding with the mother does not have to happen immediately. There seem to be many cases where a baby was adopted or hospitalized and did not have immediate contact with a mother. The important thing appears to be that the baby bonds with someone. I do think that bonding is important and that a you cannot have a healthy childhood without it. Children need stability in their lives. I don't think, however, that the first five minutes after birth (for example) are magical and if you don't bond then you're just out of luck. We would never be convinced that a child could have a healthy, stable, childhood if they DID bond with the mother for the first five minutes and then had no consistent adults in their life after that. Obviously, it would be silly to assume the opposite extreme as well. The importance of bonding is that it needs to happen early in a childs life and continue in order to provide stability.

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