John Bowlby Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Thus, just as animals of many species, including man, are disposed to respond with fear to sudden movement or a marked change in level of sound or light because to do so has a survival value, so are many species, including man, disposed to respond to separation from a potentially caregiving figure and for the same reasons.”
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“If a community values its children, it must cherish its mothers.”
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“The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature”
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“Behind the mask of indifference is bottomless misery and behind apparent callousness, despair.”
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“If we value our children, we must cherish their parents”
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