James Robertson (psychoanalyst)

The Platt committee accepted all of the recommendations prepared by Robertson.{{sfn|Shapira|2013|p=224}}

The Platt committee accepted all of the recommendations prepared by Robertson.{{sfn|Shapira|2013|p=224}}

===Advocacy===

===Campaigning===

In 1958, Robertson prepared a programme for the BBC on the two films, but was informed by them they had decided not to proceed after receiving medical advice, as they were worried that the programme would cause too much anxiety in the general public.{{sfn|Brandon|Lindsay|Lovell-Davis|Kraemer|2009|p=175}} Beginning in January 1961, Robertson began publishing a series of articles in the ''[[The Observer]]'', the first starting on the 15 January titled "The Truth of Settling In", described the current situation and the need for maternal contact in children under two years. The second and third articles were published on the 22 and 29 January advocated for closer contact between mother and child and "How parents can help now". The last printed on 12 February 1961 was a review of several readers letters by Robertson and called for parents to take a more active role with the provacative title: "Now over to mothers".{{sfn|Brandon|Lindsay|Lovell-Davis|Kraemer|2009|p=175}} In the same period, Robertson also wrote a article for the ''The Guardian'' where he advocated for parents to push for the implementation of the Platt Report.{{sfn|Lindsay|2009}} By that point, the BBC realised there was significant public sentiment with Robertson as the locus. So in March 1961, the BBC decided to invite Robertson to a live show where he would present sequences from his film and give a talk. [[Ronald MacKeith]], a paediatric neurologist, MacCarthy and Ivy Morris were also invited to attend the show to talk about the films.{{sfn|Lindsay|2009}} As the show was live, Robertson, against instructions, spoke directly to the camera to ask parents to inform them of their experiences. The response was 400 letters, that Robertson published as a book "Hospitals and children: a parent's eye view; a review of letters from parents to the Observer and the BBC", the following year.{{sfn|Lindsay|2009}}

In 1958, Robertson prepared a programme for the BBC on the two films, but was informed by them they had decided not to proceed after receiving medical advice, as they were worried that the programme would cause too much anxiety in the general public.{{sfn|Brandon|Lindsay|Lovell-Davis|Kraemer|2009|p=175}} Beginning in January 1961, Robertson began publishing a series of articles in the ''[[The Observer]]'', the first starting on the 15 January titled "The Truth of Settling In", described the current situation and the need for maternal contact in children under two years. The second and third articles were published on the 22 and 29 January advocated for closer contact between mother and child and "How parents can help now". The last printed on 12 February 1961 was a review of several readers letters by Robertson and called for parents to take a more active role with the provacative title: "Now over to mothers".{{sfn|Brandon|Lindsay|Lovell-Davis|Kraemer|2009|p=175}} In the same period, Robertson also wrote a article for the ''The Guardian'' where he advocated for parents to push for the implementation of the Platt Report.{{sfn|Lindsay|2009}} By that point, the BBC realised there was significant public sentiment with Robertson as the locus. So in March 1961, the BBC decided to invite Robertson to a live show where he would present sequences from his film and give a talk. [[Ronald MacKeith]], a paediatric neurologist, MacCarthy and Ivy Morris were also invited to attend the show to talk about the films.{{sfn|Lindsay|2009}} As the show was live, Robertson, against instructions, spoke directly to the camera to ask parents to inform them of their experiences. The response was 400 letters, that Robertson published as a book "Hospitals and children: a parent's eye view; a review of letters from parents to the Observer and the BBC", the following year.{{sfn|Lindsay|2009}}