INFANTS AND TODDLERS - (BIRTH TO AGE 3)
1. Visitation by the non-residential parent should start with regular frequent visits with both parents present.
2. For infants, initial visits away from the primary caregiver should be no longer than two hours.
3. For toddlers, time away may be increased to three or four hours.
4. After separation, if the child is distressed for an extended period, the child should be returned to the primary caregiver for comfort.
5. Overnights should not be scheduled until the child has sufficient language to be prepared for the experience and to understand where and for how long he or she will be away from the primary attachment figure - (age two or older).
Yep. She ranks pretty high on the Quack-o-Meter. Paid for and dreamt up by a litigating mother. (Isabelle Fox, not Peanut)
No separation longer that two hours for infants? BS! Forget issues of custody, mom (and she obviously means mom) wouldn’t have time to step out to the store or even sleep.
Then an increase to just four hours for toddlers? That means that no one, not even Granny could baby-sit.
But I would LOVE a judge to say, to the lawyer attempting to use this "study", “Hmmm, you raise a good argument. I see Dad as the best primary care giver. Mom shouldn’t have overnights until kiddo is three.”
Attachment problems arise when kids needs are not met, period.
The only nugget of truth is that if a child has had almost exclusive contact with only one parent then the child should take small steps (over a course of two months or so) to acclimate to the other care giver.
When I did go read the entire article I was VERY irritated. That 'quack' Phd is theorizing no child should go on overnights with their PARENT until they are 3 yrs old.
