Status Updates From Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny

"Consider the psychologist John B. Watson, known as the founder of behaviorism. He advised parents, "When you are tempted to pet your child, remember that mother love is a dangerous instrument." He shaped views on child-rearing for the first half of the 20th century. ... But all of his children suffered from depression as adults, with more than one attempting suicide, and one succeeding."