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20/02/2025

02/11/2024

Τι προκαλεί η αγάπη στον ανθρώπινο εγκέφαλο; Και τι η έλλειψή της; Η έρευνα μας το δείχνει ξεκάθαρα.

Αυτοί οι δύο εγκέφαλοι ανήκουν σε δύο τρίχρονα πιτσιρίκια. Ο αριστερός εγκέφαλος είναι σαφώς πιο ανεπτυγμένος από τον δεξί. Ο δεξιός έχει επίσης πολλά «σκοτεινά σημεία», σε σχέση με τον άλλο. Αφού ανήκουν και οι δυο σε τρίχρονα παιδιά, γιατί διαφέρουν τόσο μεταξύ τους;
Σύμφωνα με τον καθηγητή Allan Score του πανεπιστήμιου UCLA, ο οποίος διεξάγει την έρευνα, η κύρια αιτία της διαφοράς μεταξύ αυτών των δύο εγκεφάλων, είναι ο τρόπος με τον οποίο μεγαλώνουν και αντιμετωπίζονται μέσα στην οικογένεια. Διότι ο αριστερός εγκέφαλος ανήκει σε ένα παιδί που μεγαλώνει μέσα στην αγάπη, ενώ ο δεξιός ανήκει σε ένα παιδί παραμελημένο και κακοποιημένο. Οι διαφορές είναι αξιοσημείωτες και σοκαριστικές: Ο παραμελημένος εγκέφαλος στερείται ορισμένες από τις πιο θεμελιώδεις περιοχές. Τα ελλείμματα αυτά καθιστούν αδύνατο για το παιδί να αναπτύξει ικανότητες ανάλογες με αυτές που θα έχει το παιδί που αγαπιέται.

«Το παραμελημένο παιδί στα δεξιά θα εξελιχθεί σε έναν ενήλικο που θα είναι λιγότερο ισορροπημένος, λιγότερο ικανός να συμπάσχει και να αναπτύσσει ενσυναίσθηση, πιο πιθανό να εθιστεί στα ναρκωτικά και να απομονωθει. Αυτό το παιδί επίσης είναι πολύ πιο πιθανό να είναι άνεργο και να αναπτύξει συναισθηματικά και άλλα σοβαρά προβλήματα υγείας».

Η διαφορετική μεταχείριση εξηγεί γιατί ο εγκέφαλος του ενός παιδιού αναπτύσσεται πλήρως, ενώ του άλλου, όχι. Παρακαλούμε, αγαπάτε.

15/03/2021

Did you know that studies on the effect of nurturing touch and skin to contact for very low birth weight neonates conclude that touch promotes weight gain and may achieve an earlier discharge?

31/05/2020

Η διαφορά μεταξύ αυτών των δύο εγκεφάλων είναι αξιοσημείωτη και συγκλονιστική. Η εικόνα ακτίνων Χ δείχνει δυο διαφορετικούς εγκεφάλους παιδιών. Είναι και τα δυο τρ...

30/05/2020

I'm worried my baby isn't seeing anyone else during lockdown....⁣
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This has been coming up a lot and was answered so brilliantly by Sarah Ockwell-Smith

"The most important thing to think about here is Psychologist John Bowlby's idea of a 'secure base'. Bowlby was the founding father of attachment theory. He theorised that babies will form a primary attachment (usually with their mother) and this person will effectively become their whole world, from which they feel safe to explore the world around them. This primary attachment figure is their secure base - when they are with this attachment figure they feel secure, safe and settled enough to learn about the world and others in it.⁣
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If lockdown hadn't happened, your baby would have formed attachments with those close to you who you see often (grandparents etc..), however, you would still be your baby's secure base and their primary attachment would still be with you. Even without lockdown there would still be times when your baby would be unhappy to be in the arms of anybody but you. Some people mistakenly call this behaviour 'clingy', however this isn't the case. This is normal infant development. Attachments take time to form. ⁣
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With lockdown, the biggest difference is your baby won't have had the repeated exposure to family and friends, so attachment will start off on the back foot. This absolutely doesn't mean that it won't happen - it will. It just means that you need to be prepared to be your baby's secure base for a little longer. Practically speaking this means introducing the baby to friends and family being incredibly mindful of this - I would hold back on others holding him/her and instead introduce them while in your arms, wearing in a sling/carrier is perfect here. If s/he is happy with the introduction, then allow others to hold him/her. At the slightest sign of distress (crying), take him/her back into your arms. I would also utilise video chats for familiarisation - however this will have a very limited impact, because there is no touch or smell involved - which are the two most important senses for bonding."



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01/02/2020

No one ever warned her -

About how much she'd miss.
While doing the work that she loves.

And no one ever told her,

How hard it might feel,
Putting her dreams on pause,
To nurture her world in her lap.

And no one ever mentioned,

That loving her baby,
Might not always equal
'Loving every moment' of motherhood.

And no one ever admitted,

That mothers cry too.
When their world feels so new,
Just like their baby's does.

And because nobody told her,

She thought she couldn't say it.

So she instead spoke her secrets,
In every moment she was alone, but not.

In the quiet hours, she whispered,

Before this, I was someone else, and I miss her so very much.

In the lonely moments, she spoke,

I don't want to be anywhere else, but it's hard to not have a minute alone.

In the moments when everything else was on pause, she shared

Someday I'll get back to those other things I love; I can't wait to show you who else I am.

And in the moments when she was missing, she softly assured,

I love you so much, and though this is so very hard, I'll never regret a minute with you.

And as she told her story to her baby -

The one she thought she couldn't say,
She began to understand the truth about motherhood. The one that no one had told her:

That it is a complicated but lovely journey, full of moments of missing, but lifetimes of love. Where there is boundless happiness, but also some sorrow. And that it is always, always okay to feel both.

And she realized that there was nothing wrong with her story - Because although she hadn't heard one like it before, it was honest. And it was real.
And she was free, and she was happy.

And her baby was happy, too.
To be loved by a mother who had so much to share. But most of all, love.💜
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