T. Berry Brazelton

T. Berry Brazelton (1918-2018) was a pediatrician known for his research and writing on child development. He founded the child development unit at Boston Children's Hospital in 1972, and later the Boston Brazelton Institute was named in his honor. He authored multiple books on child rearing and development and was a frequent media expert on the subject. He was one of the founding members of the early childhood development nonprofit organization Zero to Three and served as its president from 1988 to 1991. 
In 1979, Brazelton was on record regarding Sesame Street, stating he liked what the show did "in general," but expressed concern about overstimulation in young children. "Given the opportunity, their attention will peak and then go into what we call a 'REM' awake state — which we all lapse into when we listen to a boring lecture, for instance. Perhaps small children need to do this rather frequently. They may phase out two or three times within an hour. In Sesame Street, there's an awful lot of information coming at them...[snip] And the effect really isn't known. Suffice it to say it has worried me."Spiegel, Edith. "Yes, 'Sesame Street' Has Its Detractors." The New York Times. Aug. 5, 1979.
By 2006, Dr. Brazelton went further, reacting to the Sesame Beginnings DVD series, which was a partnership with Zero to Three and was aimed at children under two years old. He signed on to a letter urging Zero to Three to end its partnership with Sesame Workshop and added a statement urging that children of that age be kept away from "screen media."NBC News. "Experts rip 'Sesame' TV aimed at tiniest tots." March 20, 2006.
==References==
* Officer Brazelton of the Child Patrol, appearing in the Dinosaurs episode "License to Parent," is named after Dr. Brazelton.
* Dr. T. Beary Bearzelton, appearing in Sesame Street Episode 3591 to consult on thumb sucking, is another nod to Brazelton.
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