In a message dated  4 May 97 at 14:07, Matthew Levy says:

 >         There has been much discussion on  this list recently on
 >         the
 > related issues of political psychopathology and childcare.  Much of
 > this seems to be prompted by Dr. Garelli's original comment that
 > many of our political problems are attributable to the pathological
 > character of politicians, and the suggestion that we can do away
 > with such problems  by having mental health care professionals
 > monitor our elected (or unelected) officials, and by introducing
 > new methods of childrearing.

I never said such a thing. Moreover, I asserted that current
political sociopaths are irredeemable, and that nothing can be done
to redress this situation.

What I did say is that there are ways to early detection of
psychopathic and sociopathic tendencies in infants and preschoolers
and that psychiatric intervention in those cases might prevent
anti-social developments.

It couldn't be further from the truth to assert I ever mentioned
introducing new methods of childrearing. I only talked about
enhancing maternal care in a frivolous world where children are
reared by maids and au pair girls.

If this is the biased, foul way the work of Attachment Theorists is
going to be construed, I will refrain from posting anything else on
the issue in future.

Juan Carlos Garelli, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Early Development
Attachment Research Center
University of Buenos Aires