Message #947

[JJ]

What is the problem here? 

quote AHB
'I read that perfectly well, Martin - but still find it hard to understand how these things occur in what you and others have tried many times to tell me is a 'perfect' situation.  Where, for instance, does the fear of being killed by a wild animal come from if not from being told to fear by an adult or older sibling?'

Babies often cry when they see something strange and new and a bit abrupt like for example a rearing horse - mine did anyway - nobody taught them that fear when they were 3 months old.  But it really upset them and again my son when he was bitten by another nine month old boy on the cheek was so distressed - he'd never encountered such pain before and as Martin said - another example is when he fell on to the radiator and nobody knew why he was crying until we realised what had happened.  These are the sorts of things that affect children's welfare - small things maybe in this case but some children endure awful, awful neglect and their response is one of fear, hurt, pain and chemical affects.