Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare
Gladesville Hospital
Building 7
Cnr Victoria & Punt Rd
GLADESVILLE NSW 2111
Tel: (02) 9817 2439
Fax: (02) 9879 4346
Toll Free (Parent Line)
1800 244 396
John
John, 17 months - 9 days in a residential nursery
James Robertson - DVD
For two days John tries to attach himself to a nurse, but because they are not assigned to individual children no nurse attends to John long enough to understand him and answer his needs. He is not mothered or protected from attacks by the other children. Food and routines are strange, and the father's visits can do little to ease the situation. John becomes increasingly distressed, and eventually sinks into hopeless apathy. At reunion he rejects his mother.
For two days John tries to attach himself to a nurse, but because they are not assigned to individual children no nurse attends to John long enough to understand him and answer his needs. He is not mothered or protected from attacks by the other children. Food and routines are strange, and the father's visits can do little to ease the situation. John becomes increasingly distressed, and eventually sinks into hopeless apathy. At reunion he rejects his mother.