« In a supportive environment, the infant is pushed to take several steps, three of which can be described as integration, personalization, object relationship. »

« Behind any poor adaptation of the child, there is always a failure of the environment that has not been able to adapt to its absolute needs in an era of relative dependence (this is initially a lack of care for the infant). It can be added to this that the family has failed to cure the consequences of these deficiencies and we can also add the bankruptcy of the company when it takes the place of the family. »

« The mother must continue to be alive and available, physically available and available in the sense that she is not concerned about anything else. It is necessary to find the mother-object to survive the episodes directed by instinct and which have now acquired all the strength of the fantasies of oral sadism and the other consequences of fusion. Similarly, the mother-environment has a special function which is to continue to be herself, to show empathy for her child, to be there to receive the spontaneous gesture and to be happy with it. »