Sunday 30 December 2012

Sue Gerhardt's message on the human need for love should be at the heart of social policy for a future Labour government

Psychotherapist and author of the acclaimed "Why Love Matters:  How affection shapes a baby's brain", Sue Gerhardt gives a short talk on the way we treat babies and the implications for society when human beings are neglected from a young age, and deprived of emotional nurturing.
 
 
This sort of thinking needs to be at the heart of social policy for a future Labour government committed to a more compassionate, progressive world, and would set Labour directly at odds with the Conservatives and their ideology that we're all ultimately on our own in life and human beings don't need attachment to others and love.