You see, the researcher that they’re filming, a guy named Harry Harlow [in 1960], was trying to prove– and I know this is going to sound crazy. He was trying to prove that love is an important thing that happens between parents and children.<\/p>\n
And the reason why he felt the need to prove this point was at the time– and again, I know this is going to sound kind of out there. The psychological establishment, pediatricians, even the federal government were all saying exactly the opposite of that to parents.<\/p>\n
Deborah Blum: It’s actually one of those things that you say, how could they have thought that? But psychology just didn’t believe in love<\/b>. And if you go back and you pull any of the psychology textbooks, really almost pre-1950, you don’t even find it in the index because it was not a word that was used.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a> or better listen to it all<\/a> (emphasis mine).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You see, the researcher that they’re filming, a guy named Harry Harlow [in 1960], was trying to prove– and I know this is going to sound crazy. He was trying to prove that love is an important thing that happens…<\/span><\/p>\n