This advice stood in stark contrast to earlier advice disseminated by the US government in pamphlets like Infant Care which cautioned against “excessive” affection in the form of hugs, instructing that children should only be kissed on their foreheads. Or John B. Watson’s Psychological Care of Infant and Child which warned against excessive affection…
The Hills Are Alive… With the Sounds of the 1960s
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