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That attitude has helped make Brazelton "responsible for bringing the newborn into the forefront of our curiosity," says Lewis P. Lipsitt, professor of Psychology and Director of the Child Study Center at Brown...
...Brazelton has managed to bring babies personalities to almost everyone's attention by keeping a working schedule that keeps him running. He splits his time between his practice, which he is soon to give up, his research on infant behavior, his teaching at Children's Hospital, and his more public work: the books, articles, and television appearences designed to make child-raising easier for parents. Between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. every day he has his "phone hour," which he devotes to reassuring anxious mothers, some patients and some strangers...
This human approach is Brazelton's secret to success with infant research. "For a long time, people thought babies couldn't even see or heat because they'd just set one on a table and show him a ball or ring a bell, and he wouldn't react. But as soon as you pick him up, he can do all these things," he says...
...from being a lump of clay or a blank slate. Brazelton conceives of a newborn with a distinct personality who has an impact on the parent-child relationship in his own right. This conception relieves some of the anxiety of parents who feel they alone are responsible for their child's character, and who cannot understand how anything could go wrong when they are doing everything right...
...mothers said, 'Don't blame us one more time.'" Brazelton explains...