Fathers’ rights groups have branded the feedback manufactured by Penelope Leach, one particular of Britain’s major parenting authorities, “worrying” and towards widespread sense.
Ms Leach, a former president of the National Childminding Association who has written a amount of books about caring for youngsters, claims making it possible for underneath fives to remain with their fathers produces “unhealthy attachment troubles.”
She also claims in her most recent guide, Loved ones Breakdown, that there was “undisputed evidence” that a time period of separation from their mother can adversely influence a child’s brain improvement.
She argues that “When individuals say that it is ‘only fair’ for a father and mom to share their 5-yr-outdated daughter on alternate weeks, they imply it is honest to the adults – who see her as a possession and her presence as their right – not that it is fair to the youngster.”
She also mentioned when attorneys bid for their consumer to have overnight accessibility with their youthful youngsters they are ignoring proof about the distressing and damaging affect on the kid.
Leach said the rights of the child must constantly outweigh those of the mother and father and extra: “It can be damaging to the child to divide time equally amongst the mother and father.”
Ian Maxwell, from Households Want Fathers, told the Independent on Sunday that society had moved on from traditional attachment theory when bonds amongst mother and little one had been observed as the strongest.
He added: “The bond between fathers and youngsters is just as essential and we would query the evidence Ms Leach is citing for the primacy of the maternal bond.”
He explained her argument did not accord with widespread sense was described her claims as “worrying.”
Leach has previously drawn criticism for her earlier bestselling guide, Your Little one & Little one: From Birth to Age 5, published. In this she claimed only mothers could care correctly for their children.
She has also attracted controversy soon after she claimed scientific evidence showed that leaving a infant to cry could have an effect on the improvement of its brain and make it susceptible to nervousness in later life.
Young children can be "damaged" by becoming shared between parents, youngster expert claims
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