Sballlvr
Did you know you have a clone on the NBC message boards, a psychologist who has inside knowledge about what actually went on on the baby borrowers set? How shocking that NBC would appropriate your name! If you have contact, or a telepathic connection with the clone, could you ask for help in responding to this discussion?

Your clone said that more would have to happen to these children than the attachment disruption that occurred during the filming. So, how much waking time per day did the children spend with their own parents?

And the "more" that would have to happen. What if an infant or toddler was videotaped in extreme, prolonged distress, and the parents were aware of, but unresponsive to the distress. By unresponsive, I mean that surrogates were sent to deal with the distress when the parents were aware, and this was also videoed. What if that videotape was available to that child's peers, community, extended family, and that child as the child grew up.

What if the original trauma were compounded by being revisited from time to time in such a form, with relatives and strangers aware?

I know. Up til now, that experiment has not been done. Any answer would be speculation. MaryKate and Ashley Olsen would be the closest approximation so far, and no unresponsive behavior was documented in the video we saw of them, and anytime we did see the parents, the parents were being responsive.

I can only imagine, but I think some serious discussion should take place before the infant episode and the toddler episode are aired. These kids will have some documented justification for shouting at their parents, "You care about other people more than you care about me, so why should I care about me!?!"

In your clone's professional opinion, do I have reason to be concerned? Oh, and it will probably be real boring for you to watch the broadcast, as your clone has probably seen enough footage for both of you.

sballvr
Then do you have time to give us a brief summary of the Milgram experiment, for those who don't care to do the research? And what is your understanding of attachment, and just how much distress it takes to disrupt that bond? You did state on the NBC board that you are a psychologist, so you are much more well-versed on both those subjects than I am. You could probably do that in 5 min.

And I have NOTHING more important to do, because there are few things more important than the relationship between a child and the child's parents, right?

Another OCD moment. RATS! I searched it. NBC does own USA Network. I'm going to try and get some sleep. RATS RATS RATS!

Any other lonely human beings out their with nothing better to do, I'm watching a lot of NBC today. I'm going to call the advertisers after every commercial break. If you, in your loneliness, could spend an hour or two with me, that would be terrific! I've got other commitments tomorrow, but that would also be useful. And if somebody could set up a site for their own friends to address their market, that would be great. And for concerned, I know you think this is a waste of time. I acknowledge I may not be successful, but success and failure are often not related to the value of effort. And two people who posted here have contacts to the show. Those people have been affected. They are not as comfortable with the situation as they were before. That is already success.

Just noticed in the margin which gives new and popular discussions that 'baby borrowers' isn't mentioned although it has generated a lot of discussion and opinions. Wonder why that is? It does talk about curfews and we haven't discussed that in ages. Am I being too suspicious.