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 | | The routine separation of mothers and babies at birth, and the placement of the baby in a bassinet in another room, mirrors and perhaps works to reinforce the patterns of separation that characterize both our society and our social treatment of children. |
 | | The hospital bassinet, with its clean straight lines, its see-through plastic walls, and its soft blankets gives a special message, not only to the hospital staff, but also to the newborn baby. |
 | | A symbol of society itself, the bassinet tells the baby that he or she belongs to society more than to its mother, and that the only sure comfort, peace, and warmth in life will come ultimately not from people but from society and its products. |
| www.birthpsychology.com /messages/bassinet/bassinet.html (539 words) |
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