Given that June Bamber could hardly be described as a primary caregiver in the first place I fail to see how this attachment disorder manifests itself,or how Jeremy's relationship with June could possibly be described as different from the one Sheila experienced. I note that Boris and Zeanah's definition includes a situation where "a young child has no preferred adult caregiver". Are members sure that this is peculiar to Sheila and that this alone unlocks the secret to what happened at White House Farm over twenty years later?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_disorder[/color]
Hi Steve_uk
IMO absolutely 100% yes. Along with adoption psychology and adoption reunions.
Boris and Zeanah identified cases where a young child has no preferred adult caregiver and then go on to identify the poor outcomes associated with this.
It is not just that SC had abrupt changes from multiple caregivers but the fact that it is likely there was some neglect as a result of June's severe depression caused BT adopting SC ie unresponsiveness. Was SC fed, watered, changed, bathed, held and soothed as most primary care givers are able to do with the baby/small child in their care. When this doesn't happen it feeds into implicit memory and can cause problems in later life.
You might recall from Colin's book where he recounts SC telling him she can recall being left in a garden in a pram for hours simply left to cry
Also where SC shares her frustration/dissatisfaction of June arriving to pick her up from school wearing brogues and tweeds and commenting that the other mothers wore jeans. This in itself seems pretty benign but it illustrates that in SC's mind her mother ie June was different from other mothers. And was sufficiently strong to discuss years later with her husband.
We hear much evidence from Dr F, CC, Freddie and SC's friend's about SC's unhappy/unsatisfactory relationship with June. So much she went in search of her birth mother it appears in an attempt to form a mother/daughter relationship rather than just simple curiosity.
The reunion took place only a few weeks prior to the murders and IMO this along with the above and other issues discussed on here culminated in the shot between the eyes June received.
Does anyone know who looked after SC whilst June was in hospital? Did NB take time out from the farm? Perhaps PB? June's war friend Agnes (I believe)? Foster carers? Social services?
