I would bet that there were issues in the pregnancy, a
>>difficult birth, and attachment problems in the first 2 years.

>Don't be so quick to blame the parents.
>Sometimes a parent does all they can do but a child is born with a
>certain personality or mental illness that interferes with normal
>functioning at some level.

I have also read 'Ghosts in the Nursery' and much of the attachment research
and early brain development research. However I concur with Ilene. Be very
careful about leaping to assumptions. As a co worker says using that logic
we would blame fire trucks for causing fires because there is one present at
every fire scene.
Rhoda Taylor, B.A., I.B.C.L.C., Vancouver Island, Canada

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