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Child Development: Mahler's Object Constancy Phase

24 to 36 months

  • Child better able to cope with mother's absence and engage substitutes

  • Child can begin to feel comfortable with mother's absences by knowing she will return

  • Gradual internalization of image of mother as reliable and stable

  • Through increasing verbal skills and better sense of time, child can tolerate delay and endure separations

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