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Do Parents Need Training In Infant Psychology?

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September 10, 2007 |

I read an interesting article over the weekend. The basic premise was on parents receiving training in infant mental health. Do parents really need to be trained in their infants mental health? Do infants have mental health issues that need special training? Is it really nessisary for parents to pay someone to come wathc them play with their kids?

When experts refer to infant mental health, they’re actually talking about a healthy relationship between young children and their caregivers. If babies and their parents don’t bond properly, they say, the children are more likely to experience difficulties ranging from poor grades to bad marriages.

Perhaps it’s just me. As an attachment parenting advocate I believe in following your baby’s cues and your own instincts. Such as when your baby cries and reaches out to you and you feel that annoyed tingle up your spine at the sound of the crying stopping the crying would be the best responce. So you pick the baby up, go cuddle in your favorite chair, and crying stops and you both get some nice lovely bonding time. It works for me.

a parent with an attachment problem might just ignore the baby’s cries,

That phrase alone makes me smile. after being told often that responding to my children’s cries is an attachment problem it is nice to hear it told the other way around.


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  1. Erinn on October 10, 2007 4:52 pm

    Very interesting. I would think that it wouldn’t hurt to get more insight on infants.

  2. maureen on February 2, 2008 7:21 pm

    Sometimes good old fashion common sense makes the most sense!

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