John_Bowlby

John Bowlby IN THE LIGHT OF CHANGES TO THE FAMILY SINCE 1950, ARE BOWLBY’S IDEAS ABOUT CARE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN STILL RELEVANT TODAY' For the purpose of this essay I have ascertained that young children are those under pre-school age (Block 1, Unit 1, Offprints 2. P8 and Block 1, Unit 1,Section 4. P54}. Bowlby’s idea of family consisted of mother, father and children commonly known as the ‘Nuclear Family’. I will discuss how this has changed and how Bowlby’s ideas have been modified and if his findings are still relevant in today’s society. It is important to look at the need of care for young children, who provides that care and the effects of separation in early development. In the 1940’s John Bowlby started a study of childcare for the World Health Organisation and produced a report in 1951 (Block 1, Unit 1, Section 4, P48). He argues that infants form a special relationship with their mothers which is distinctively different to relationships they form with any other person. Bowlby’s research was seized upon by the post-war pressure groups, which argues that women should stay at home to look after their children on a full-time basis. This was a politically sensitive area due to children, family, care, women, unit, society, form, block, nuclear, early, bowlby’s, need, however, child, work, parents, number, norm, mother, maternal, jobs, childcare, changes, bowlby, argues, although, young, whilst, views, therefore, taken, should, section, rutter, returning, return