ened ▁staff . ▁In ▁fact , ▁' when ▁he ▁gets ▁home , ▁he ' ll ▁take ▁much ▁longer ▁to ▁get ▁over ▁the ▁experience . ▁He ' ll ▁cl ing ▁to ▁his ▁mother ▁more ', ▁and ▁before ▁recover ing ▁will ▁' us ually ▁then ▁have ▁to ▁go ▁through ▁the ▁protest ▁phase ▁on ▁the ▁way '. ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁den ial / det achment ▁phase , ▁the ▁child ▁shows ▁more ▁interest ▁in ▁his ▁surr ound ings ▁and ▁interact s ▁with ▁others , ▁but ▁seems ▁hardly ▁to ▁know ▁the ▁mother ▁when ▁she ▁vis its ▁or ▁care ▁when ▁she ▁leaves , ▁which ▁is ▁why ▁' the ▁third ▁stage ▁– ▁" det achment " ▁– ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁serious '. ▁ ▁Appar ently , ▁the ▁child ▁seems ▁not ▁to ▁need ▁any ▁mother ing ▁at ▁all ; ▁but , ▁' in ▁fact , ▁he ▁only ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁recovered , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁killing ▁his ▁love ▁for ▁his ▁mother '. ▁ ▁When ▁eventually ▁reun ited ▁with ▁the ▁family , ▁' the ▁child ▁can ▁seem ▁quite ▁changed ▁and ▁now ▁appears ▁super f icial , ▁em otion ally ▁distant '. ▁His ▁relationships ▁with ▁others ▁are ▁shall ow ▁and ▁un tr ust ing . ▁' This ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁difficult ▁stage ▁to ▁und o '. ▁ ▁Robert son ' s ▁research ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁host ility ▁by ▁the ▁medical ▁profession . ▁ ▁Even ▁his ▁colle agues ▁at ▁the ▁T av ist ock ▁C lin ic   – ▁although ▁accepting ▁' that ▁anything ▁that ▁breaks ▁up ▁the ▁child ' s ▁life