Regarding the importance of a mother’s love, Alan Schore, a professor of psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine in the United States, says: “The child’s first relationship, the one with the mother, acts as a template, as it permanently molds the individual’s capacities to enter into all later emotional relationships. ”
USA - s asuva UCLA Meditsiinikooli psühhiaatriaprofessor Alan Schore ütleb emaarmastuse tähtsuse kohta: „Lapse esimene suhe, suhe oma emaga, mõjutab jäävalt lapse suutvust luua kõiki hilisemaid emotsionaalseid sidemeid. ”