Born this day in 1918: Selma Fraiberg (1918–1981), child psychoanalyst and infant development expert
Fraiberg
was born Selma Horwitz in Detroit, Michigan. She earned a master’s degree in
social work from Wayne State University and was trained in psychotherapy at the
Detroit Psychoanalytic Institute.
She is best known for her study of the development of
children who were blind since birth, especially in comparison to sighted
children. This work helped inform her theories about attachment and the role of
primary caregivers in a child’s early development. She is author of the classic
work The Magic Years (1959) as well
as Insights from the Blind (1977), and
Every Child's Birthright: In Defense of
Mothering (1977).
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