Assistant professor of psychology Julie Dunsmore was interviewed for a Boston Globe column about "easing the disruption of business trips." The article appeared on Feb. 22.
The article says, in part: ''Babies need proximity and regular contact to form a relationship,'' says child psychologist Julie Dunsmore of Hamilton College, a specialist in children's social and emotional development. If a parent is gone often, a baby sees him or her as unpredictable. Dunsmore tells parents who travel to expect their babies to treat them like a stranger when they return. ''You have to work back into the relationship slowly and take extra efforts at it,'' she says, whether you're gone only once for a three-night trip, or regularly."
