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But in all mammals, the roles<br />
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Programs that pressure young mothers<br />
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close, responsive mother-infant relationships<br />
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close involvement of fathers, and aim to<br />
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mothers to do it? Infancy cannot be rerun<br />
later.<br />
Acknowledgement: I am indebted to Professor<br />
Jay Belsky and Professor B. Egeland for<br />
communicating with me on some of this material,<br />
but responsibility for the text is mine.<br />
Peter S. Cook is a retired Sydney child and family<br />
psychiatrist, who writes on preventive child<br />
and family mental health.<br />
Copyright © Peter S. Cook, Sydney, 2004. This<br />
article may be freely reproduced in whole or<br />
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