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The Magic Years (1959)

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It no longer makes sense to speak of "feeding problems" or "sleep problems" or "negative behavior" is if they were distinct categories, but to speak of "problems of development" and to search for the meaning of feeding and sleep disturbances or behavior disorders in the developmental phase which has produced them.

Selma H. Fraiberg

Selma H. Fraiberg (20th century), U.S. child psychoanalyst. The Magic Years, ch. 3 (1959).

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