Posted on 10/29/2017 7:28:25 AM PDT by Pontiac
What? Born with no central nervous system? NO! Babies have their very own central nervous system. The mother and the baby are separate beings, one dependent on the other, yes. But they are separate.
This neuroscientist really should not use hyperbole. If a baby was born without a central nervous system, that baby would be considered very ill and would die soon after birth.
Make as much money and still do twice the housework, from what I've seen.
I have a subscription.
See post number 5 for an interview with the author that does not go in to the political ramifications of the book.
What does that mean? “Every time a mother comforts a baby in distress, she’s actually regulating that baby’s emotions from the outside in. After three years, the baby internalizes that ability to regulate their emotions, but not until then.”
Not the most adroit way to make the point I grant you.
Perhaps a better way to say it is that a newborn’s nervous system is not fully developed and it is in need of a mother’s constant attention in order for that system to develop properly.
To anyone who has observed a newborn this should make perfect sense.
Read some stories about Russian orphanages and their treatment of orphaned newborns and the consequences to those children and this article and the book take on a new meaning.
The Russian orphanages is an extreme example but the concept is clear mothers are critical to the development of newborns and children as a whole.
She must have had blood coming out of her wherever.
No argument
Not fully developed and dependent on the mother for its natural growth is quite different than saying there is no central nervous system at all.
I think the neuroscientist may be relapsing into his pro-abort speak (my guess) because if he mainly thinks that a baby is nothing but a blob of cells then I can see where he may jump to the conclusion that just born babies have no central nervous systems.
However, if he flipped through his own neurobiology research journals he have to come to a correct conclusion.
I found the full article without a paywall here:
http://www.cetusnews.com/life/The-Politicization-of-Motherhood.rk-asBGzCb.html
Near the end it is revealed that this author thinks employers should be forced to offer a full year of maternity leave. That’s problematic. Otherwise, I agree that science is now proving what centuries of commonsense already knew: newborns and infants need their mother’s constant attention for several years.
Since science is now validating common sense, that means liberals with their superior intellects will be able to grasp this concept around 50 to 70 years from now.
Thanks!
see post 28
Albion Wilde found the full article posted elsewhere.
They will grasp the concept only when it is to their advantage to do so politically.
And not before.
As any good communist will tell you science serves the party or it is not science. Hence you have Global Warming as settled science.
You nailed it. I resign from my full time job when our oldest was 13 months. It took many months to convince my husband to forgo my income, despite him having had a stay at home mom (who was constantly pushing for me to not work). His profession was one in which earnings were based on a schedule, not performance.
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I think it was a fear of bearing all the responsibility himself. It was a very rare thing in our sphere at that time. He is now a full believer in living on one income, he’s forgotten how he was against it in the beginning;-). His coworkers at the time thought he was insane for “letting” me not contribute anything. Other young moms often told me their husbands just refused to go without her income even though the women wanted to be home with their babies.
Two years ago I pushed him to let me work part time (2-3 evenings/week waiting tables) and I sort of regret it! Moms are needed at home and I see issues with our younger kids that I didn’t see with the older kids at that age. Not sure it’s really worth it, but it helps pay for things we went without for a long time-like paper towels (luxury item that I adore) and classical dance lessons for the girls.
Hard choices I agree.
I wish my wife and I had made different choices. Teenagers need mothers at home every bit as much as infants I believe.
A watchful I and a firm hand keeps the devil at bay.
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