Word: brazeltonized
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...Young parents these days are so hungry for information because there isn't the same back-up with an extended family." Brazelton says. Brazelton himself grew up with ten cousins to look after at every family gartering. He credits Dr. Doolittle with steering him into a career taking care of children...
Dubbed the "new Dr. Spock" by the press, Brazelton has become a widely visible figure in the campaign to demystify the child-rearing process for new parents...
...provide this information. Brazelton plans to publish a new book for working mothers in September, writes regularly for Redbook magazine, and appears in a 26-part cable television series that deals with problems such as colic and toilet training...
This humanization and popularization may have cost him some prestige among his fellow pediatricians. Despite the many accolades (his colleagues have called him a "giant," a "pioneer," and the Brazelton scale a "landmark") he is still only an associate professor at the Medical School...
...Hospital. "Since it's not lab bench research, it's considered kooky, a little bit too far out. He's too much of a lay pediatrician," Lester says. According to the chief of the Children's Service at Massachusetts General Hospital. Wilder Professor of Pediatrics Donald N. Medearis. Brazelton has had "quite an impact on the general public through his books," but "there are groups of psychologists that are more impressed than others...