Normally an infant learns to use his mother as a "beacon of orientation" during the first five months of life. The mother's presence is like a fixed light that gives the child the security to move out safely to explore the world and then return safely to harbor.


Oneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual (ed. Simon and Schuster, 1998) - ISBN: 9780684854069

Louise J. Kaplan Quotes

Normally an infant learns to use his mother as a beacon of orientation during the first five months of life. The mother's presence is like a fixed...

Normally an infant learns to use his mother as a beacon of orientation during the first five months of life. The mother's presence is like a fixed...

Normally an infant learns to use his mother as a beacon of orientation during the first five months of life. The mother's presence is like a fixed...

Normally an infant learns to use his mother as a beacon of orientation during the first five months of life. The mother's presence is like a fixed...