Dr. John Kennel, who was a hospital pediatrician in the 1950's, died on August 27th in Cleveland at 91. He worked at University Hospital in Cleveland as a neonatologist. He wrote a book in 1976 called "Maternal-Infant Bonding" with Dr. Marshall H. Klaus, a professor of pediatric medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. This book was about how mothers and infants don't get to bond in the first few hours of birth. But soon there was criticism with doctors and adoptive parents with their theory. So Dr. Kennel and Dr. Klaus wrote another book that had the same structure called "Parent-Infant Bonding" but they didn't talk about "bonding" as much in this book. When this book was published it caught women that were mothers or nurses eyes and they agreed with this idea. Dr. Kennel was one of the first experts to point out that mothers should be able to see their newborn after birth and his idea led to mothers having more private time with their infants, allowed fathers into the delivery room and children were allowed to see their new siblings in the hospital. If Dr. Kennel had never thought of this then a lot of things would be different. Fathers wouldn't be allowed in or children or other family members. Mothers wouldn't be allowed to see their child right after birth. I think it is important for that newborn child to have that bond with their parents or guardians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/health/john-kennell-advocate-of-infant-bonding-dies-at-91.html?ref=health
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