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Why Children Need Love To Love Others

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You might remember the horrifying images of Romanian orphanages released in the 1990s: children rocking themselves for comfort in cribs, babies left alone and uncared for, emotional and physical development stunted. Was the damage done beyond repair? Melissa Fay Greene, Kirk Distinguished Writer in Residence at Agnes Scott College, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about severe attachment disorders and the science behind reaching the children of serious trauma. Her article published in The Atlantic is “Can an Unloved Child Learn to Love?”