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The Vital Touch: How Intimate Contact With Your Baby Leads To Happier, Healthier Development By Sharon Heller ( Holt Paperbacks )
Release Date: 1997-10-17
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Using a lively array of anthropological and sociological sources, The Vital Touch presents a provocative examination of the reasons why, now more than ever, we need to make consistent physical connections with our infants and children.
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 interesting reading
I just recently re-read this book after it had been sitting on my shelf for a few years. It was very interesting to me to read about how other cultures raise babies and children. Definitely sparked my interest to read more on this topic. What I was disappointed in was the way the author seemed to brush off the importance of breastfeeding. This was surprising after she made a point of discussing how it is carried out routinely and for extended periods in other cultures. Quote from page 169: " Of course there's no harm in bottle feeding, if we find this a more comfortable arrangement than nursing, or if we have no choice. Whole generations of infants have grown up on bottle milk and survived well enough." (Heller, 1997) Hmmmmmm, La Leche League would be all over this statement.
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 Parental Essential ( skeepa )
After reading this book my perspective on babies has completely changed. If only we already knew these things, we would be creating wonderful, happy people by starting with wonderful happy babies. Every parent and caregiver should read this book to gain knowledge about touch that we as a whole have forgotten.
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Great seller to work with. Sent item promptly and in the condition it was described to be in.
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 Independent mom ( thomas_diana )
This book makes a fabulous point on how we need to be closer to our children, however, the rosy picture the author paints of other cultures is not accurate. East Indian mothers I know are exhaustd. Yes they recieve help from their own mothers for one month but after that they return to their husbands home where in many cases its a joint household. The daughter-in-law is on the bottom of the pecking order and her needs come last. Her child is taken care of by her in-laws, and usually is allowed to do anything he/she wants. The mother is not allowed to discipline the child. In fact, the mother is dependent on everyone else in the household and does not have the freedom to make decisions on her own. Many mothers I have met are incredibly unhappy in this situation. America is not all that bad. We are able to decide to touch our child more if we wish, which may not be the case in many other cultures.
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Just one word : WOW!!! ( fancypage )
This is an AWESOME book! I bought this due to subject, and reviews. Keep in mind I LOVED my social anthro. class in college! LOL! But seriously, it reinforces our "attachment" choices, but not based on someones opinions, but based on evidence based research! It shows our culture verses more contact oriented cultures. We are suffering. Or, actually, our children are! I love Dr. Sears, but this, well, this is exactly the reinforcement I needed. I read so many "co-sleeping CAUSES problems" or you NEED to start a loose schedule, or your children will not be well adjusted", that they were clouding my decisions-making me doubt my choices. But OK, here is a concept, we ARE animals. And yes, many moms have jobs, but that doesn't mean you can't make better choices that will benefit the child. Time for America to stop thinking in the vein "oh, if you hold that baby too much, you'll spoil it". Uhm, DUH! You'll feel better if you need reinforcement for current "contact parenting" and you will get some solid knowledge about how you are attached to your child can affect it socially, emotionally and physiologically. This, I think is a MUST read for anyone wanting some true knowledge about the basics in the way we conect with our children.
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