Bowlby’s maternal deprivation thesis claimed that:

mothers who are living in poverty cannot afford to give their children the resources that other children enjoy
children deprived of an early, secure attachment to their mother are prone to suffer physically, intellectually and socially in later life
‘mothering’ is a socially constructed activity identified in the narratives of new mothers
deprivation is something children inherit, usually through their mother’s side
children deprived of an early, secure attachment to their mother are prone to suffer physically, intellectually and socially in later life  Bowlby identified the relationship between a baby and its human care-giver as being crucial to the child’s healthy emotional development. His contentious argument was that infants deprived of a warm, intimate attachment to their mothers, or separated from them during the first three years of life, would be inadequately socialized; they would then be prone to psychological problems, such as anxiety and depression, later in life. 134-135

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