ANSWERS: 3
  • Never. NOTHING can compensate for parenting.
  • By no means. It could help repair any damages inflicted by inadequate parenting, but the damage would still be there.
  • No. A secure attachment with a parental figure should be formed in the first year of a child's life, (Bowlby's 'Critical Period') and is impossible after two and a half years. Psychiatry can't replace this lack of attachment. A well thought-out question.

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