Early-childhood development is essentially anchored in the satisfaction gained from the learned dependency upon the mothering person.The child learns to initiate and to rely upon his dependency, as if it were native to him. Such dependency has taught the child that he can secure compliance to most of his wishes through a generalized state of dependency which is made visible by specific help-soliciting activities. Thumb-sucking, outstretched arms, or helpless sounds are powerful and persuasive instigators to force the mother into responding, and effective means for securing gratification.