Frank Pittman Quotes
Mother love has been much maligned. An over mothered boy may go through life expecting each new woman to love him the way his mother did. Her love may make any other love seem inadequate. But an unloved boy would be even more likely to idealize love. I don't think it's possible for a mother or father to love a child too much.
Topics
Children
Family, Families
Idealization
Mother
Emotional Development
Unconditional Love
Attachment Parenting
Childhood Influence
Emotional Dependency
Idealized Love
Maternal Bond
Maternal Bonding
Maternal Influence
Mother-Love
Nurturing Relationship
Overprotection
Parent-Child Relationship
Parental Affection
Parental Love
Parental Overprotection
Paternal Influence
Citations
Pittman, Frank. Man Enough: Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993, p. 109.
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Frank Smith Pittman, III, M.D. was an American psychiatrist and author. He wrote a regular column, "Ask Dr. Frank", which used to appear in Psychology Today.