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02.04 Social Development In Childhood

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Psychology Field Journal
02.04 Social Development in Childhood
"Now I know what 's wrong with me, I 'm just a wire mother." This woman 's parenting style is most likely an authoritarian parent. Meaning, she is harsh and doesn 't give her children much say in what goes. When she says that she is "a wire mother", she 's communicating the fact that, she isn 't giving her children that comfort that they need from her. The wire mother offered no comfort to the infant monkey. The result is that the infant monkey is weak and unhealthy. Unlike the wire mother, the cloth mother was made out of soft, embracing cloth. She offered comfort to the infant monkey. The result was the infant monkey grew to be happier, healthier and stronger.
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