This is what happens to baby development without emotional safety. In the 1940s, psychoanalyst René Spitz studied babies raised in institutions, without one loving caregiver. where food and nappies were provided but connection wasn’t. He documented the effects of emotional neglect: 👉🏻 Loss of curiosity 👉🏻 Delays in baby development 👉🏻 Blank stares, still bodies 👉🏻 Emotional shutdown 🧠 This is why baby development depends on more than care - it needs connection. They were surviving. Why?