Title: Wrong on the child development
Product review: The author claims that a child's attachment to its mother begins at birth, or earlier. That is just plain wrong. Research has shown that while most mothers/fathers "bond" to their infant around the time of birth, it is not until the child is around eight months of age, when it starts to understand that there is such a thing as individual people, familiar and not familiar, that *attachment* behaviors begin, e.g. the child will shy away from unfamiliar people, cling to mom when someone unfamiliar comes into the home, etc. Professionals speak of "bonding" as something parents do, whereas "attachment" is what children do.Failing to understanding child attachment has led to a great deal of unnecessary heart ache, separation, and even abuse, all generated by the child welfare system.For a research-based understanding, I recommend Jean Mercer's book "Understanding Attachment."
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