Children raised under favourable family conditions Emmanuel, raised by his family, is an active explorer and eager to grab any new object he sees He moves it from hand to hand, and brings it up to his mouth for example He is completely absorbed by the activity, and pays little attention to those around him Christine, who regularly attends a nursery, does not behave much differently She handles the block with both hands Tries to stack them, and picks them up when they fall She too is totally absorbed by the game These two examples show us children whose families offer them complete security On the other hand, when family conditions are unfavourable to the point of requiring a child's removal from the home, the child’s behaviour will be affected as follows Institutionalized children Caroline, a victim of maternal neglect, is anorexic She picks up one of the blocks, but shows only fleeting interest in playing She frequently looks at the experimenters in the room She engages in some play, but is preoccupied by those around her In the next cases we also see increased attention paid by the child to his environment, and a correlating decrease in attention paid to the game. For example, Veronique, who is also anorexic, expresses refusal by raising her hands in an avoidance gesture When she finally picks up a block, the worried looks she casts suggest anxiety Her demeanor is passive, she does not play Jean, who was removed from her home at a young age and institutionalized after several failed foster placements, carefully watches the movements of the psychologist An emotionally deprived child may prioritize social contact, which could be motivated by the child’s intense desire to find a maternal substitute Her curiosity in new objects is minimal She accepts without resistance when the block is placed in her hand, but shows no real interest René, whose case is similar, sits motionless in front of the blocks After a while, he makes a motion for the block, but is plagued by such anxiety that little by little he becomes totally disinterested in the game and those around him He withdraws into himself and take refuge in the self-soothing activity of thumb sucking Annette who is also anorexic, has an attitude of immobility She is completely disinterested in her surroundings Her growing anxiety manifests by twitching lip movements and irregular breathing Autism can be discerned from the vague gaze of this little girl Here we see Colette, also deprived of affection and care, showing the same symptoms of autism and anxiety. She remains still, and breathes heavily Thus, emotional deprivation provokes not only the anxiety that is well known to psychologists, but also inhibits the child’s exploratory instincts and curiosity in new objects, and may result in autism in the most serious cases
videos like this make me extremely sad every time. a deep sense of despair wells up in my chest to see these children hurting and confused. i see myself in them and it hurts.
I like this video as it's actually what insecure attachment, and possible RAD looks like and not that ''documentary'' that was made to promote abusive attachment therapy. Few things of note though
-The autism they're speaking of had a far different definition in 1965, they're not speaking about current day autism.
-When they say anorexia, they mean medical anorexia, more known as loss of appetite
-The children from the orphanage are suffering from insecure attachment which will likely go onto either RAD or DSED, with DSED being more common.
Seeing those babies in this video is like seeing a video of myself as a baby. I had the same stare and the same behaviour. I remember my mother as being physically present but not emotionally there.
This part hit hard
My thumb and my bear were my bffs until I was 5. FML
Most of those kids looked identical to my baby pictures and I don't even know how to feel about that.
Like, the signs have literally always been there. Always. No wonder I was kept from all variations of medical professionals when I was a child.
If you’re incapable of being a respectful parent, why would you have kids then?🤦🏻♀️
It makes me so upset because I dealt/ still dealing with the same thing
I saw that on the internet it's sad really. I saw another where a mother is not responding to her baby. She has a blank look on her face of course this is not sitting well with her baby. The pictures you had on there are very disturbing. These kids live in fear and basically are always on the watch for danger.
This is exactly how I feel when people want to play board games.