This American Life 317: Unconditional Love

Jane Stevens 12/26/1310:09 AM

If you haven't heard Act 1 from this 2006 episode, it's guaranteed to bring you to tears (of joy) and, perhaps, inspire you. And it provides a very interesting insight into what it takes to successfully provide unconditional love to a child who's suffering from severe attachment disorder: If you're a person who needs love, "chances are you're not the kind of person who has the wherewithal to create it," says reporter Alix Spiegel. She tells the story of...

...Heidi and Rick Solomon, who adopt a son who was raised in terrible circumstances in a Romanian orphanage, unable to feel attachments to anyone...and what they do about it. Alix reports on mental health for NPR. (27 minutes)

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/317/unconditional-love?act=1

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