Over the course of time, many studies have been conducted in hopes of better understanding the relationship between an infant and a mother, as well as, the effect the maternal care given to the infant has on the child. Studies have supported the idea that frequent separation protest is associated with maternal inability to reduce infant tension in that protest is linked both to amount of crying and to maternal unresponsiveness to it. However, it has given no support to the idea that much affectionate physical interaction between a mother and her infant “spoils” him and makes him prone to separation anxiety. The study of infant responses in relation to the maternal care given, is worthy of study and affects me, but there is still a need for
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However, there is still a great amount of room for further study. The studies so far have looked at a maternal response time when crying, but research needs to proceed more in depth of how the mother cares for the child. Does the mother hold the child when crying? Does she feed the child? What exactly does she do to provide that assurance to give the baby peace at the time? In addition to the mother’s relationship wit the infant, another field of study would be to dig more in depth to the effect the father’s relationship has on the child. So much research has been done on the relationship between the child and mother, but what about the father? Does having a father that is just as present as the mother and just as much of a caregiver as the mother effect the infant’s behavior? Does having strictly maternal care have a greater effect on the infant’s separation anxiety? What is the results if the majority of the care given to the infant is from the father? In addition to the care being given from the father, what effect does a nanny or babysitter have on the child in early development? Does an alternate caregiver early in development aid in the child’s separation anxiety? All of these are fields that could aid in the progression of understanding a child’s behavior in early development, the separation anxiety, the crying, and so much
However, there is still a great amount of room for further study. The studies so far have looked at a maternal response time when crying, but research needs to proceed more in depth of how the mother cares for the child. Does the mother hold the child when crying? Does she feed the child? What exactly does she do to provide that assurance to give the baby peace at the time? In addition to the mother’s relationship wit the infant, another field of study would be to dig more in depth to the effect the father’s relationship has on the child. So much research has been done on the relationship between the child and mother, but what about the father? Does having a father that is just as present as the mother and just as much of a caregiver as the mother effect the infant’s behavior? Does having strictly maternal care have a greater effect on the infant’s separation anxiety? What is the results if the majority of the care given to the infant is from the father? In addition to the care being given from the father, what effect does a nanny or babysitter have on the child in early development? Does an alternate caregiver early in development aid in the child’s separation anxiety? All of these are fields that could aid in the progression of understanding a child’s behavior in early development, the separation anxiety, the crying, and so much