Developmental Theorists: Thomas Berry Brazelton

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T-Berry Brazelton (Thomas Berry Brazelton) is a well known pediatrician, author, and clinical professor of pediatrics emeritus at Harvard Medical School. He was born May 10, 1918 and is still alive to this day at the age of 96. He was born in Waco, Texas, to Thomas Berry Brazelton and Pauline (Battle) Brazelton. Brazelton wanted to become a pediatrician at a very young age. He used to babysit as a little boy during family reunions and parties. After babysitting, he knew he wanted to be pediatrician by the 6th grade leaving behind his other choice or career of becoming a veterinarian. Brazelton attended many schools throughout his life. He attended a prep school in Alexandria, Virginia (Episcopal High School), after that he attended New Jersey’s Princeton University, following the pre-medical curriculum. While he was in Princeton he enjoyed acting a in a few number of college theatre productions. Brazelton was then considering of accepting a role on Broadway. However his parents did not like the idea of him accepting the role in Broadway. His parents said if he’d wish for them to pay for medical school in the future he would have to focus on his pre-medical studies. With an offer like that from Brazelton took his parents advice, leaving behind Broadway and concentrate in pre-medical school. Brazelton received his A.B. from Princeton in 1940, then he continued to earn his M.D. from the College of Physicians and surgeons at New York City’s Columbia University. After, that he did his internship through Columbia University, at Roosevelt Hospital. Then he served the United States Naval Reserve for a year. By 1945, Brazelton began a medical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. His training as a pediatrician began in... ... middle of paper ... ...tals. We could say he is a very lucky person because many pediatricians don’t get this far with their theories. Works Cited Our Founder. (n.d.). Brazelton Touchpoints Center. Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://www.brazeltontouchpoints.org/about/our-founder/ Health. (n.d.). Thomas Berry Brazelton Biography (1918-). Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://www.faqs.org/health/bios/49/Thomas-Berry-Brazelton.html Thomas Brazelton's Theories on Child Development. (n.d.). Everyday Life. Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/thomas-brazeltons-theories-child-development-6009.html T. Berry Brazelton. (2014, October 5). Wikipedia. Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Berry_Brazelton Brazelton: Listening to Children — and Their Parents : NPR. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10098366

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