>Jeanne Mitchell wrote: > >Ever since the AAP SIDS statement came out, I have been thinking of the = >work of behavioral scientists in the 60's. > >Some monkeys were raised with real mothers. They clung to their mothers = >and nursed and were well socialized when they reached adulthood. > >Some monkeys were given a wire cage covered in cloth which they clung to = >and were poorly socialized. Other monkeys were given a plain wire cage = >which they clung to as a mother-substitute. They could not be kept with = >other adult monkeys when they grew up. > >Perhaps someone with a better memory than mine can describe these = >scenarios more fully. My memory gives me a pitiful image of a poor = >little baby monkey clinging to a wire cage and sucking desparately on a = >pacifier. And I wonder what we're doing to our children. Deborah Blum recently published a book about the guy who did these experiments. The title of the book is Goon Park (a play on the address of the facility where the experiments were done---poor handwriting turned 600 N. Park into Goon Park). regards, Julia Julia R. Barrett Freelance Science Writer & Editor Mom to Sean (5) and Kira (2) Madison, Wisconsin *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html