The Earliest Relationship Parents, Infants and the Drama of Early Attachment

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Synopsis

Never before has research on newborn behavior and parent-infant interaction been fully integrated with psychoanalytic insight into parents' emotions and fantasies. This book provide a vivid glimpse of the parents' daydreams and narcissistic wishes which grow into a desire for a child, and they show how these feelings develop into important attachments to the unborn infant during pregnancy. The "power and competence" of the newborn born then challenges parental fantasies, desires, wishes and expectations, creating the beginnings of the bond between parent and child. Using the latest research, the authors clarify all the ways the infant participates in the dawning relationship and the ingredients of very early communication and interaction. They then unveil the "imaginary interactions" which lend meaning and drama to each gesture and expression. We see the baby as Tyrant, as Savior, or as the reincarnation of lost relationships. Everyone who cares for mothers and babies-pediatricians, developmental and clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, early childhood specialists, nurses and social workers-as well as interested parents, will find this book of immediate value.

Book details

Author:
T. Berry Brazelton, Bertrand G. Cramer
ISBN:
9780429920516
Related ISBNs:
9780429934742, 9781855750050, 9780429906282, 9780367327736, 9780429481512
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Pages:
272
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2024-02-16
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1990
Copyright by:
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., and Bertrand G. Cramer, M.D. 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Psychology