... the qualities of mothering considered necessary for normal development, the second with the short-term effects of 'deprivation' and the third with the long-term consequences. In his initial claim, Bowlby argued that it was essential for mental health that an infant or young child should experience a warm intimate and continuous relationship with his mother. This has often been misinterpreted and wrongly used to support the notion that 24 hours' care by the same person is good enough. On the other hand, others have emphasized the importance of a stimulating interaction with the child. Putting all these together, Rutter considers the six characteristics that have usually been said to be necessary for adequate mothering to establish which features are important for development and which might be affected by deprivation. These are a loving relationship which leads to attachment which is unbroken which provide adequate stimulation in which the mothering is provided ...

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