Introduction

Peter Cook is a doctor who has specialised in psychiatry and worked and published in the field of child and family mental health. He has also written about conservation and ecological sustainability.Dr Cook's articles on these areas can be accessed from Publications and Projects.

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Mothering Denied: The sources of love, and how our culture harms infants, women and society.

By Dr Peter Cook
Foreword by Steve Biddulph

Copyright © 2009, Peter S. Cook. All rights reserved.
Revised edition, replacing earlier versions. Last updated April 24, 2009.
ISBN 978-0-646-50366-0

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Comments on Mothering Denied

"In this book Peter Cook has created something of great value. He summarises much research, making it accessible to those who wish to know more, as he draws on over half a century of thinking and learning about human infants and their mothers and fathers."

Steve Biddulph

Psychologist, and author of Raising Babies

"I urge everyone with a social conscience to heed Peter Cook's sage words about early childhood. Failure to do so can only result in further damage to the young and the fabric of our society."

Forrester Cockburn

Emeritus Professor of Child Health

University of Glasgow, Scotland.

"When will the logic and evidence marshalled by Peter Cook in this book have its influence on the world of new babies? Not until all of us opt for a way of life beyond the envy and greed of consumerism, and revalue the many things that matter most for human wellbeing."

Elliott Barker, MD.

Forensic psychiatrist, editor of Empathic Parenting

Founder, Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

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Abstract of Mothering Denied

"Although the word "mothering" has become politically incorrect, the facts of life remain unchanged. Five different lines now converge to show that there is a natural, biologically-based, best-fit pattern of human mothering and it includes ... " More

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