work help: Anybody familiar with the Maternal Deprivation work of John Bowlby? - Help.com

interesting. the only thing I could think of would be his ideas and thoughts on institutions. Just read how he felt that “bad homes were better than good institutions”.. I am not well versed on his studies, but I can only assume that this turned a big page in the way we handle things like foster care…I am sure alot of people had some criticism of that idea. Probably made the medical systems and institutions on mental health look twice at the issues surrounding it all.

Very true, I understand that. Esp. with those like Milgram and such. I think you have something with the confidentiality, the child care practices, and I would look into specifc studies… it is hard to find any specifics though..all i can gather is that he started this body of work sometime after world war II, in dealing with orphaned and homeless children after the war. I think he had some criticism when he tried to determine that these children’s “problems” stemmed from being removed from the home. Considering the time he conducted his studies.. the children in many areas had suffered far more than just removal from the maternal figure.. so I think alot of doctors, looked down on his attempt to classify these children under one umbrella. I would look for specifc cases though to make sure.

No problem , I hope it works out :) Try and relate it to the way today is, where people complain about children being in bad homes and why the state do not take children from bad homes. There are several directions you could go in with this one, just going to take a little hunting. :)