should be considered with care.
When parents bond with their babies, it is called love. This love enables their baby to form secure attachments with them. It is now known how important this is for the growth of the baby's brain and that the absence of love actually hinders the physical growth of the brain and therefore limits development.
So, does a key person need to love a child in their care? Should a child be encouraged to love an adult who is a carer, not a parent? Or would this be an encroachment on the intimate world of family relationships? What happens at the inevitable parting when a child or carer moves on?
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