Tizard And Samuels On Institutionalised Childhood

explored where the trauma in these individuals had come from. Studies by Rheingold and Samuels on institutionalised infants said that toys and play facilities were also vital in a healthy development, suggesting that stimulation could be a substitute for any maternal love that the institutionalised infant would have otherwise been deprived of. Studies by Tizard and Rees upon the possible retardation of institutionalised children found that by the age of 16, after adoption, had good relationships with their parents, while their peer relationships were not so great and the children suffered from anxiety.
Evidence exists that proves that a child deprived of motherly love and attention will not always become a delinquent or socially, psychologically