FOUR out of 10 babies do not form a strong enough bond with their parents - and it affects them for life!
- New Princeton University research shows the importance of parental bonding in the long-run
- Some 40 per cent of infants are living in fear or distrust of their parents because of a lack of bonding as children
- Poverty, ignorance and stress said to be the main factors preventing the bond from forming
- Researchers study basic bonding is simple to achieve and can come just from touching and sensitivity
- It gives the child a sense of security and allows them to know their needs have been met
Four out of 10 infants born in the United States do not form a strong bond with either parent, and they will pay for that the rest of their lives, a new study has found.
Research from Princeton University has shown the number of babies born into families that are poorly equipped to give them a fair chance at having a successful life is alarmingly high.
Additionally, a study from the University of Rochester showing that nearly one-third of U.S. parents don't know what to expect from their newborns, or how to help them grow and learn and get along with others.
The main problem, according to the Princeton study, is 40 percent of infants in the U.S. 'live in fear or distrust of their parents', and that will translate into aggressiveness, defiance and hyperactivity as they grow into adults.
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Yup - parenting is going out the window because of interference from outside sources.
We have children having children with none of the tools developed to even begin to be a good parent. Then the government steps in to tell us how and when to correct our children. Thus leaving parents with the reality of going to jail if they correct their children. And we wonder why these kids turn out the way they do, thanks goes to outside interference.
I know too many people that both work, and the child stays at day care until they can pick them up, and then, after about 2 hours, they put them to bed-- only to be gotten up in the morning and back to day care. Something is wrong with this picture. It takes 2 incomes to make it, these days- and I'm not talking about a lavish lifestyle. I'm just talking about paying the bills.
For a long time, I have felt that the people that should be having babies, aren't, and those that shouldn't be, are.
We will all pay for this, in the end.
Interesting Mike.
Although I have to say, that I had natural childbirth, but didn't have a strong bond. 3 months later I did.
I think bonding comes from interaction with each other and sadly many moms go back to work way to early and grandparents are no longer part of the nuclear family.
I think you're right on the money Perrie. And look now at the price society pays for our inability to raise our own children.