Psychodynamic - mother as primary care giver

• Bowbly - deprivation damage

  • Prolonged separation causes long lasting emotional effects
  • 44 juvenile delinquents - lack ability to feel normal affection, shame or responsibility they become thieves and have difficulties with relationships
  • Hypothesis - mothers love as important for mental health as vitamins to physical health
  • Monotropy - create one main bond with attachment figure for survival
• 'maternal role' not exclusive to mother

  as long as it's warm, intimate and conscious relationship with mother

  Bowlby - child show no ill effects from early separation in hospital, some had few problems. those who coped better had been better attached to mother and more resilient
• Men as primary care giver

  not psychologically equipped for intense emotional relationships

  less oestrogen. (orientated towards emotional relationships)

  stereotypes - feminine to be sensitive (don't respond to cues)
• men

  Frodi - no difference in biological response to infant crying

  Getter - testosterone drops to respond more sensitively to children's needs

  Less stigma and stereotypes - single male parents
• Feeding

  NHS - breastfeeding 6 months - healthier start, protection from diseases

  Strong bonding

  Every 2 hours - convenient for mother (male only can support)
• Feeding

  Harlow - cloth and wire mother, comfort over food.

  Food doesn't create the bond.

  Schaffer and Emerson - not who fed or spent most time but, who responds best to signal and more sensitively and more interaction, quickly