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Are Mothers Necessary?

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Six programmes that examine the psychological development of the child's first year.
Presented by Dr Martin Bax of the Thomas Coram Research Unit of London University 1: Is Separation Damaging?
In 1946 John Bowlby argued that the separation of a child from its mother was among the foremost causes of later delinquent behaviour. Can we now specify what a child needs to ensure it grows up into adequate and mature adulthood?
Contributors include: DR JOHN
BOWLBY, PROFESSOR MICHAEL
BUTTER, PROFESSOR ROBERT HINDE and DR DAVID HARVEY
Producer DAVID PATERSON
(First broadcast on Radio 3)
This series was abridged in THE LISTENER. Back numbers or reprints are available from: [address removed]price £1.75, inc postage

Contributors

Presented By:
Dr Martin Bax
Unknown:
John Bowlby
Unknown:
Professor Robert Hinde
Unknown:
Dr David Harvey
Producer:
David Paterson

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