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The very matrix of our ability to love and bond in later life, maternal sensitivity — or lack thereof — also determines cultural tenor.Antonella GambottoBurke
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Throughout history, the most brutal cultures have always been distinguished by maternal-infant separation.Antonella GambottoBurke
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There is a world of difference between the experienceof 'care' — the wiping of a bottom, the bathing of a body: basicbiological obligations — and the intimacy that makes us wantto live.Antonella GambottoBurke