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Old Jan 30, 2009, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge View Post
All,

Have a general question and am not sure where to post it, so I put it here.

Would there be any impact on the mother/child bonding, or on the child's emotional development, if an infant is separated from its mother at birth and then permanently reunited with her 6-8 wks later?
Might that not depend on what happened to the child in the time when they were separated?
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