false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180331990m/1027539.jpg 1027539 6 We take it for granted today that babies need love. But less than a century ago, psychologists warned women against showing their children "too much affection"-predicting dire consequences ranging from deadly disease to sexual dysfunction in adulthood. The story of how this conventional wisdom was finally shattered takes us into the life and the laboratory of Harry Harlow-workaholic, alcoholic, brilliant and brave, capable of caustic wit and cruelty-and into an era in which the scientific establishment was just beginning to understand the power of human emotion. 533192 1980 Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection total:87|5:39|4:29|3:13|2:6|1:0| 87 362 149 26 5 3 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 23 19:49:16 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 08 18:05:39 -0800 2009 It's hard to believe that less than 100 years ago, psychologists believed that affection between parents and children was unnecessary, and recommended that the best way to raise children was to touch them and coddle them as little as possible. The behaviorist B.F. Skinner actually built a box ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 03 22:24:33 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 22:33:33 -0800 2009
In this surprisingly compelling book, Blum (The Monkey Wars) reveals that many of the child-rearing truths we now take for granted infants need...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 26 16:43:43 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 16:54:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 05:00:19 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 05:13:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 23:46:52 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 23 19:25:22 -0800 2008
First off, I thought Deborah Blum ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Oct 06 12:38:29 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 12:40:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 14:37:53 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 15:41:12 -0700 2008 I had known about Harry Harlow's experiments with the Rhesus monkeys and the surrogate mothers-one was only wire and had a bottle and one was terrycloth, but lacked a bottle, but I did not realize the extent of his research. He did so many different experiments with...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Dec 20 13:32:54 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 13:34:14 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Mar 16 13:29:04 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 13:30:38 -0700 2009 1 0 0 false false Sun Feb 22 15:38:09 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 15:38:48 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jan 12 18:34:11 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 18:35:35 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 28 17:02:55 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 17:03:36 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 24 10:54:59 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 07:53:35 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 10:54:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue Sep 11 01:41:56 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 01:43:03 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 06 08:53:39 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 08:54:37 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Jun 25 10:49:43 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 10:54:36 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 10:27:44 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 20:32:16 -0700 2008 It made me think about how attached I am to my children and what I can do to foster more secure attachment. ]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jun 19 13:43:32 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 13:45:15 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jun 26 06:34:35 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 06:36:50 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 17:31:29 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 09:35:39 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1027539