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Basic Needs

Name: Basic Needs
Uploaded: 2024-04-29T20:44:31+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Channel: Dr. Kevin Skinner
Description: A short YouTube talk by Dr. Kevin Skinner explaining that meeting an infant/child's basic social needs—eye contact, facial expression (smile), tone of…

29 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube talk by Dr. Kevin Skinner explaining that meeting an infant/child's basic social needs—eye contact, facial expression (smile), tone of voice, and physical touch (with a suggested fifth addition)—supports bonding and reduces anxiety. The speaker emphasizes that eye contact at birth is foundational for infants' sense of safety and that these behaviors nourish social connection.

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One of the ways that we help with anxiety is meeting our child's most basic needs. Now, basic needs, there's four specific ones. We add a fifth. Eye contact is one of our most basic needs. When an infant is born, their eyesight, their connection is that's how they feel safe. So eyes, number one, facial expression, a smile, our tone of voice and physical touch add to that nourishment. When we have those things, we are more likely to socially connect and bond with other people, which actually helps reduce anxiety. So we want that those basic needs to be met.